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 I. Causes of mental

- We live in a world where some people

experience extreme mental distress. 
- Our communities have always included
people who hear voices, 
see visions and have uncommon beliefs.
- Some people understand these intense
human experiences as having a particular
meaning. Ex: a cultural or spiritual
meaning,
- Causes of mental health illness:
 Link to their childhood or past trauma,
 Link to issues in their current life.
 Mental distress is a medical
illness that can be genetically
inherited and involves changes in the
brain chemicals.
 II. Personal recovery
A highly influential approach to mental health care
Different to clinical recovery.
 Focuses on the ability of a person to live the life they
want to live, a life with meaning and 
purpose, regardless of whether they are experiencing signs
of distress. 
It is less about the elimination of symptoms using
medication although this may play a role. 
The recovery approach is not a one size fits all treatment.
Each person's recovery is unique and holistic.
Focuses on what a person wants for their mental well
being, 
physical health, spiritual life, working life, and material
life. 
It includes pursuing personal interests, values, and goals.
- Personal recovery is about realizing
personal identity and cultural
identity.
 It involves a person taking on
the role they want to play in
their family, friendships and
communities.
- Mental stress is not seen as a
sickness. Instead mental distress is
viewed as a human
experience. Admittedly an extreme
experience, but a common one.
- Intense distress has meaning and
validity just like otherrecovery
- Personal human is achievable
experiences.for everyone.It recognizes that
- For the vast majority of distressed
people have the ability to manage
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themselves and with the support
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of others who they choose to
- Recovery philosophy raises the profile of
people who have personal, lived
experience of mental distress to the point
where they are recognized as an invaluable
resource.
- Recovery philosophy recognizes the right
of all people to self-
determination, including those of us who
experience mental distress.
 Each distressed person must direct
their own lifelong recovery journey.
 They must decide where to go, the
route to take and the speed.
 Everyone has assets they can draw on
during their recovery journey, their
own strengths and goals.
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- Focuse on what they can do rather than
what they can't do
 Encourage them to make
decisions and take risks.
 Helpe them see what they have
learned during difficult times.
 Celebrate with them when they
succeed. 
- Most of us have experienced great happiness,
sadness, fear, or anger = same emotions
experienced by people who receive a mental
health diagnosis. Only they experience them
more frequently, or for longer periods of
time, or in situations that would not upset
other people.
 Recognize these emotions as familiar =
empathize with people who live with
mental distress + eliminate the stigma
that they face. 
- Empathy is a powerful tool against the
negative stereotypes in the media
and entertainment industry. 
- A mental health diagnosis should never
overshadow a person's true identity made up
of their life roles, talents, characteristics, and
personality. 
 Not to turn a person's diagnosis into
their identity.
 Not call someone a schizophrenic, a
manic depressive, or a borderline. >
reduce human beings who have
strengths, hopes and dreams into
nothing more than a disease. 
 Recovery is definitely possible.
 Recovery philosophy contains a powerful
message of hope and has the potential to
transform lives