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Detained – what’s my choice? Part 2: Conclusions and recommendations

Eluned Dorkins is a consultant forensic psychiatrist at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, Devon. Glenn Roberts is a consultant in rehabilitation and recovery in Devon (Wonford House Hospital, Dryden Road, Exeter EX2 5AF, UK. Email: glennroberts{at}doctors.org.uk). James Wooldridge is a service avoider, freelance trainer/consultant/speaker and regional coordinator for the Open Up project. Elaine Hewis is a survivor and carer, consultant trainer and lecturer in mental health issues.

We have developed this succession of articles as a series of iterative steps, each seeking to uphold the recovery values of co-working and collaboration, looking for agreement and commonality but valuing equally diverse viewpoints and difference. Our conclusion is that this is the beginning of a creative dialogue on choice as a route to recovery for people who are psychiatrically detained. We commend our method of engaging with the inevitable tensions and dilemmas by: clarifying the story behind difficult interactions, identifying the relevant guiding principles and jointly working to explore from different viewpoints what can be done to promote recovery.

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