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Issues Ment Health Nurs · Aug 2009
The importance of medication in consumer definitions of recovery from serious mental illness: a qualitative study.
- Myra Piat, Judith Sabetti, and David Bloom.
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. myra.piat@douglas.mcgill.ca
- Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2009 Aug 1;30(8):482-90.
AbstractThe role of medication in the recovery of mental health consumers is important. In the context of a multi-site Canadian study on the meaning of recovery, five themes related to medication and recovery emerged from qualitative interviews with 60 consumers. For these consumers, recovery meant: finding a medication that works; taking medication in combination with services and supports; complying with medication; having a say about medication; and living without medication. Findings underlined consumers' need to communicate their concerns around medication and be supported in developing self-management strategies and more collaborative relationships with providers. The study suggests an expanded role for nursing practice in these areas.
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