Recovery psychology

NOTICE OF ORIGINAL WORK

This is an original work, please feel free to discuss or participate in editing if you understand the idea. This is development of new course in [psychology,http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/f/psychfaq.htm] borrowing from both clinical psychology and what is termed as the "Recovery Movement" [1] in mental health. This is an academic pursuit as well as a piece of sociopolitical activism. At the bottom is a list of links for my personal work[[2]] These are not products for sale, there is nothing to purchase at these links that could not found here for free!

Recovery in Mental Health: A Brief Introduction

Introduction to the Recovery movement

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The recovery concept is an idea proposed by ex-patients from psychiatric institutions. They have proposed this idea in response as victims of civil rights abuses. As survivors of psychiatric assualt their testimonials have influenced mental health policies internationally. This have been termed as the recovery movement[3]. It has developed from a number of other movements that happened simultaneously, such as the anti-psychiatry movement, the deinstitutionalization movement and the mental liberation movement. Primarily in the United States this movement has learned from the civil rights movement in the 1960's. However, the recovery movement is not just an American phenomena, it is in Austraila, Canada, England, New Zealand and many other nations throughout the world.

Clinical Psychology

Clinical psychology has always approached mental illness from the prespective of the medical model of illness.

Syllabus on Recovery in a Psychological context

The following will suggest and describe all the available resources necessary to learn about the recovery concept, with an explanation on how such materials relate to psychology. Then will do the same in referring from Clinical Psychology, Sociology, Social Psychology, alternative or radical psychology and other such disciplines. This is based on the philosophical arguement on the concept of transforming the mental health system in a recovery based mental health system [4][5][6] [7] that is a noble concept, but why not address the mental health at it's roots (Clinical Psychology courses in the colleges? The fact remains that there is a very big connection between psychology and the mental health system, for one to fail to acknowledge this, would be obviously a serious case of denial.

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• Lesson One[[8]]
• Lesson Two[[9]]
• Lesson Three[[10]]
• Lesson Four[[11]]
• Lesson Five[[12]]
• Lesson Six[[13]]

Original works which are not ready for publication but will be used for future references

• The Council for Recovery Psychology[14]
• Recovery Psychology Textbook[15]
• Recovery as a Behavior Science: A Study of Academic Disciplines[16]
• The Justification for Recovery Psychology as a Behavior Science and an Academic Discilpline

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• DSMRCA Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Recovery, Coping and Adaption[18]

Qoutes that summarizes Recovery Psychology from the Recovery Movement

"Recovery is for everyone"-Daniel Fisher