Personal recovery in mental health difficulties in people with experience of homelessness: qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the complex challenges facing people experiencing homelessness, existing mental health recovery models are probably insufficient for this population.

Aims

To investigate qualitative accounts of mental health personal recovery in people with experience of homelessness, and to adapt the widely adopted connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and empowerment (CHIME) model of personal recovery to better represent the experiences of this population.

Method

PROSPERO registration no. CRD42023366842. A systematic review identified qualitative studies investigating first-person accounts of mental health personal recovery in people with experience of homelessness. Nine databases were searched: CINAHL, SCOPUS, Embase, Medline, PsychINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, AS

SUBMITTER: Dring JAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12641266 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature