Mental Health Halfway House Residents’ Experiences of Recovery
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Chu, Shu-Yi
Abstract
Mental illness is regarded to become chronic with poor prognosis. When a person is diagnosed with mental illness, the illness become the main concern of one’s life. According to the recovery perspective, the illness is only one negative part of one’s life, person with psychiatric disorder can still have new possibilities and develop other positive parts of their lives. In the last decade, halfway houses for mental illness people had substantial growth in Taiwan. Many people with psychiatric disorder who had no need to stay in hospital but can’t live with their families, moved to stay in the halfway houses. The author is interested in their way of recovery of people stay in halfway houses.ims:he aims of this study are:. To understand the recovery process of mental illness people. . To explore the recovery dimensions of the people with mental illness.. To understand the meaning of the halfway house in their recovery process.. To provide suggestions for future service and intervention.esearch Design:his study began from November, 2006 to March, 2007. The study used qualitative research approach, with in-depth interviews with 7 participants and conducted 2 sessions of focus group. Snowball sampling was used to invite qualified participants. The study used the dimensional analysis of Jacobson（2001）as an analysis framework.esult:he major results of this study are summarized in three parts:. Recovery is a multi-dimensional experience. Self, others, the system, and the problem are four dimensions in recovery. The “self” is not a static state, it is a transforming process from passive to active. The “others” is how the individual demonstrated his action to reach out to other people, and now he get his support in these informal relationship. The “system” is to see how the individuals survive in the mental health system with obedience gesture and the study revealed the importance of medication and occupation about their recovery. The “problem” is interpreted differently by participants through their dept self-reflection into their own illness experiences.. The halfway house can serve as a substituted “home” for residents, and it plays the role of media for their residents to facilitate their recovery process. . As our society and culture are still influenced by stigma and discrimination of mental illness. This study also found out there are many disadvantages for people with psychiatric disorder live in Taiwan’s society. The halfway house program is deeply influenced by medical model.uggestion:or mental health workers: 1. Establish partner relationship with mental illness people. 2. Empower and instill the hope of recovery to mental illness people.3. Help mental illness people to develop and integrate their informal support network. 4. Enhance their preparation before moving to halfway house program.or policy and service design: 1. Construct a long-term integrated and individualized mental health services. 2. Provide a recovery perspective oriented service programs. 3. Develop a multiple residential program for different needs. 4. Promote community rehabilitation and social education with more active programs. 5. Modify the income limitation of welfare regulations to the people with mental illness.or future research: 1. Explore the definition and contents of recovery from different mental illness people and mental health workers. 2. Understand the recovery experience of non-halfway house residents. 3. Engage in longitudinal research of their recovery experience. 4. Explore the possibility of halfway house to become a recovery "home".
Subjects
recovery
mental illness people
psychiatric disabilities
halfway house
mental health services
psychiatric rehabilitation
SDGs
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