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1Abertawe Bro-Morgannwg University Health Board, Cardiff, UK. vivienne.aston@wales.nhs.uk
Abstract:
This study presents a thematic analysis of focus group talk to examine what recovery in mental health means to service users and nurses. Data were collected from two focus groups, one group of service users and one group of nurses. The service user group (n=6) were adults with previous or recent experience of inpatient mental health services. The nursing group were registered nurses (n=5) of various grades and experience currently working in inpatient mental health services in one region of the U.K. Thematic analysis using Krueger and Casey's framework led to four themes being developed. These were 'understandings of recovery', 'semantics', 'therapeutics' and 'a journey'. While the recovery concept was not new to either group, understandings of recovery were vague and contradictory.
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