Registration is now open for the conference -
Critical perspectives on and beyond
‘recovery’: ten years on
14th and 15th November 2018
School of applied social studies
and school of nursing and midwifery
University College Cork, Ireland, with Critical
Voices Network Ireland
Venue:
Brookfield
Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Ireland.
Booking:
Email
Harry Gijbels h.gijbels@ucc.ie and
make sure you give your name, and indicate the day(s) you wish
to attend (either Wednesday 14 November, Thursday 15 November, or both
days). Booking will be confirmed by return email. Please bring the booking
confirmation slip with you to the conference registration desk on the day(s)
you are attending.
At
the first critical perspectives conference, in 2009, recovery principles and
practices were debated and discussed with a considerable optimism about their
potential to radically change mental health care. Now, with the conference in
its 10th year, it is time to take another critical look at recovery and in
particular the adoption of so-called strategies of inclusion (e.g.
co-production, community engagement, and the employment of peer support
workers) by mainstream institutions. The conference will consider whether such
strategies have led to a recovery-focused mental health care where service
users have choices, control and authority, or whether these strategies
constitute an act of appropriation and co-option servicing primarily the interests
of the mental health establishment.
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