PSYC 3690 Chapter Notes -Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Achievement Orientation, Psychosis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3690
• Professor: Benjamin Gottlieb

Document Summary

Article 30: recovery and stigma in people with psychiatric disabilities (corrigan. Ideas of recovery and stigma have mutual effects on each other. Recovery has reintroduced goal-directedness, hope, and self-determination into comprehensive conversations about mental health and its service. People with serious mental illness are sometimes unable to achieve important life goals when the public endorses stereotypes and discriminate against them. All stakeholders are coming to understand and adopt the principles of recovery. Chapter begins with most contemporary definition of recovery, social cognitive models of stigma are also discussed, outlining where definitions of stigma and recovery interact. 2nd proposes ways to promote recovery and confront stigma. Chapter is about people who are seriously mentally ill psychiatrically disabled (unable to achieve major life goals) Recovery can be described in 2 ways: outcomes, process. People with psychiatric disabilities are able to totally overcome or learn to live with symptoms or dysfunctions, and are successful on full time employment, living independently, intimate relationships, etc.