Personal recovery and its challenges in forensic mental health: systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been a call for a framework to guide recovery-oriented practices in forensic mental health services.

Aims

This study aims to examine personal recovery and its challenges in forensic mental health settings in relation to the established framework for personal recovery in mental illness: connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and empowerment (CHIME).

Method

This study is an updated and expanded systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature. A systematic search of six electronic databases (Web of Science, Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, EMBASE and SocIndex) was carried out in January 2019, using the terms [Recover*] AND [Forensic OR Secure] AND [Patient* OR Offend* OR Service User*]. Only studies that included service user's own p

SUBMITTER: Senneseth M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715254 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature