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.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

One in Four

Statistics show that one in four adults experience mental illness. Why then is it so stigmatised?

I found another video which attempts to increase peoples awareness of mental illness. This one is from the UK, and personally I found it quite hard hitting. Unfortunately I couldn't upload it straight onto the blog but if you follow the link bellow and scroll down to the '1 in 4' heading you should be able to download and view this 2 minute film.

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=1648
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