Within the realm of mental health, recovery is seen as an individual living positively with or without the effects of their mental illness. This is an underlying concept of the recovery approach, which is endorsed for use in New Zealand. As a third year occupational therapy student, with a passion about mental health, the process of recovery interests me immensely. Within this blog I plan to discuss the use of the recovery approach within an acute mental health ward from an occupational therapists perspective.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Some Interesting Links

For further information about mental health in New Zealand check out the mental health foundation website. It has statistics about mental health, information about what the foundation does and even a blog of its own.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/page/5-Home

New Zealand's mental health commission website also has some great resources on it. It contains information about your rights as a patient, family member or clinician, mental health services in New Zealand and also has many helpful FAQ's.

http://www.mhc.govt.nz/Content/Home/Welcome.htm

Check out this UK website about mental health. It gives in depth information about mental health, and also offers further information about recovery.

http://www.rethink.org/
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