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Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery: A Mixed-Media Participatory Action Research Study
Summary
Community-based recreation therapy significantly aids mental health recovery by fostering hope, confidence, and self-determination. This approach empowers individuals to build meaningful lives while managing mental illness symptoms.
Area of Science:
- Mental Health Recovery
- Recreation Therapy
- Participatory Action Research
Background:
- Personal recovery is an individualized process for living a meaningful life with mental illness.
- Few studies explore recreation therapy's role in recovery from lived experience perspectives.
Purpose of the Study:
- Understand community-based recreation therapy's support for mental health recovery.
- Guide development, delivery, and evaluation of recovery-oriented services.
Main Methods:
- Participatory action research (PAR) and photovoice principles guided the study.
- Six participant researchers (PRs) generated arts-based media and narrative data.
- Qualitative data analyzed through a participatory data analysis process.
Main Results:
- 24 art pieces and 5 hours of narrative data were produced and analyzed.
- Seven themes emerged: safe place, hope, balance, self-wisdom, enjoyment, confidence, self-determination.
- Arts-based media illustrated the connection between therapeutic recreation and recovery.
Conclusions:
- Service recipient preferences are crucial for recovery-oriented therapeutic recreation.
- Findings will guide person-centered programming in community mental health settings.
- Innovative, collaborative interventions are key for effective mental health recovery.
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