Picturing recovery: a photovoice exploration of recovery dimensions among people with serious mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recovery from mental disorders encompasses multiple interrelated dimensions. This study used photovoice to explore how individuals with serious mental illness and a history of substance abuse and homelessness envisioned their recovery. A dimensional recovery model was applied to examine how the interrelationships between recovery dimensions supported consumers' recovery journeys.

Methods

Photovoice is a participatory research method that empowers people by giving them cameras to document their experiences and inform social action. Sixteen consumers recruited from two supported housing agencies participated in six weekly sessions to which they brought photographs that they took of persons and events in their lives that reflected recovery and wellness and discussed

SUBMITTER: Cabassa LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3864368 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature