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Social Relationships as a Decisive Factor in Recovering From Severe Mental Illness

Ulla-Karin Schön

Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden, ulla-karin.schon{at}socarb.su.se

Anne Denhov

Research and Development Unit, Psychiatry, SLSO, Stockholm South, Sweden

Alain Topor

Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden

Background: Recovery research often describes recovery from mental illness as a complex individual process. In this article a social perspective on recovery is developed.

Aims: To ascertain which factors people regard as decisive to their own recovery and what makes them beneficial.

Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 58 persons in Sweden who had recovered from severe mental illness. Interviews were qualitatively analyzed using grounded theory.

Results: Three dimensions of contributing recovery factors were identified. Social relationships emerged as the core category throughout these dimensions.

Conclusions: The results show that recovery processes are social processes in which social relationships play a key role.

Key Words: recovery • mental illness • contributing factors • social relationships

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 55, No. 4, 336-347 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008093686
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