The Roots of the Recovery Movement in Psychiatry (PDF)

As the global psychiatric community enters a new era of
transformation, this book explores lessons learned from previous
efforts with the goal of "getting it right" this time.
In response to the common refrain that we know about and
'do' recovery already, the authors set the recovery
movement within the conceptual framework of major thinkers and
achievers in the history of psychiatry, such as Philippe Pinel,
Dorothea Dix, Adolf Meyer, Harry Stack Sullivan, and Franco
Basaglia.

The book reaches beyond the usual boundaries of psychiatry to
incorporate lessons from related fields, such as psychology,
sociology, social welfare, philosophy, political economic theory,
and civil rights. From Jane Addams and the Settlement House
movement to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gilles Deleuze, this book
identifies the less well-known and less visible dimensions of the
recovery concept and movement that underlie concrete clinical
practice.

In addition, the authors highlight the limitations of previous
efforts to reform and transform mental health practice, such as the
de-institutionalization movement begun in the 1950s, in the hope
that the field will not have to repeat these same mistakes. Their
thoughtful analysis and valuable advice will benefit people in
recovery, their loved ones, the practitioners who serve them, and
society at large.

Foreword by Fred Frese, Founder of the Community and State
Hospital Section of the American Psychological Association and past
president of the National Mental Health Consumers'
Association