Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health Personal Recovery
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 2968
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Interests: mental health; cross-culture; personal recovery; self-compassion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mental health personal recovery is commonly defined as the unique, personal process by which people with mental health problems regain control over their lives, and build a meaningful and satisfying life despite their condition. This is different from clinical recovery, where someone recovers from the mental health problems, experiencing none or fewer of those. Care is needed for personal recovery and clinical recovery for people with mental health problems to live a meaningful and satisfying life. However, historically and in many countries, clinical recovery has been emphasised more than personal recovery. This Special Issue focuses on personal recovery.
Personal recovery has been receiving global attention, and has begun to be incorporated in the policies of many countries around the world across cultures. However, how personal recovery is understood differently and practiced differently across cultures remains under-explored. This Special Issue focuses on cross-cultural views on personal recovery.
We welcome studies from any part of the world, but especially those from non-WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic) countries are welcome to report what has been under-reported.
Dr. Yasuhiro Kotera
Dr. Jessica Jackson
Dr. Gülcan Garip
Dr. Ann Kirkman
Dr. Pilar Matía-Martín
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mental health personal recovery
- recovery-oriented approach
- cross-cultural views
- global mental health
- quality of life
- meaning in life
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