Recovery Flashcards
Recovery happens when….
People with a mental illness take an active role in improving their lives, when communities include people with mental illness, and when mental illness services can enable people with mental illness and their communities and families to interact with eachother.
What are the 10 recovery-based competencies for a mental health worker
- Understands recovery principles
- Recognises + Supports the personal resourcefulness of people with MI (Mental illness)
- Understands the diverse views on MI, treatments and recovery
- Self-awareness and skills for effective theraputic communication
- Protects service users rights
- Understands discrimination and how to reduce it
- Acknowledges culture in nz
- Comprehensive knowledge of community services and resources
- Supports participation in services
- Knowledge on family/whanau perspectives
How can we apply the treaty of waitangi to recovery?
Understand the impact of colonisation and Treaty non-compliance on Maori, the differing health and socio-economic status of maori and non-maori and having the ability to enable Maori service users to rediscover their identity to enrich their mana (honour and respect) therefore improving recovery
What is one of the ethical principles which is also a main recovery principle?
Autonomy
Why is autonomy important for recovery?
Empowering the patient within their treatment plan. Making the patients victories feel that much more meaningful because they persevered to make decisions and positive changes from within.
We need to see patients with mental illness in the context of what?
Their whole selves in lives not just their illness
We want to support patients with mental illness to …..
Take control of their lives, self-advocate and know their rights, develop hope and optimism, cope and using problem solving skills, and support people to decide what they want in life :)
