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Recovery: our common purpose?

Glenn Roberts is a consultant in psychiatric rehabilitation in Exeter (Wonford House Hospital, Exeter, Devon EX2 5AF, UK. Email: glennroberts{at}doctors.org.uk). He was led into valuing recovery perspectives largely by his patients and non-medical colleagues, and is keen to struggle with reconciling these new perspectives with the realities of contemporary psychiatry. Sheila Hollins is Professor of the Psychiatry of Learning Disability and Head of the Department of Mental Health at St George’s, University of London and current President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London. Her research interests include the effects of abuse and bereavement on mental health and the effectiveness of psychological interventions.

Abstract

The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh in June 2007 witnessed the launch of the joint position statement from the College, the Care Services Improvement Partnership and the Social Care Institute for Excellence ‘A Common Purpose: Recovery in Future Mental Health Services’ as part of its opening session. This is now available as a stimulus and a guide for clinicians and teams to consider how to engage in the recovery agenda and whether to make it their common purpose also.

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