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Yasuhiro Kotera1,2, Yuki Miyamoto3, Sara Vilar-Lluch4
1School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU UK.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
|December 15, 2025
Summary
Recovery Colleges (RCs) promote mental health recovery through learning communities. Cultural adaptations are needed, as Japan emphasizes relational recovery, contrasting with England
Area of Science:
- Mental Health
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Recovery Colleges (RCs) are global mental health learning communities.
- The current RC operational model is based on Western cultural characteristics like individualism.
- Adaptation of the RC model to non-Western cultures is largely unknown.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how Recovery Colleges are presented in Japan (collectivist, long-term orientation) and England (individualist, short-term orientation).
- To identify cultural adaptations in the introduction of RCs to the public.
- To inform potential refinements of the RC operational model for diverse cultural contexts.
Main Methods:
- Corpus-based discourse analysis was employed.
- Promotional texts from 13 RCs in Japan and 61 RCs in England were analyzed (totaling 22,827 words).
- Comparative analysis focused on cultural emphasis in public introductions.
Main Results:
- Both Japanese and English RCs highlighted lived experiences of mental illness.
- Japanese RCs emphasized relational and long-term aspects of recovery.
- English RCs focused on personal learning and skill acquisition.
Conclusions:
- The RC operational model, rooted in Western individualism, may not fully align with collectivist cultural values.
- Japanese RCs' focus on relational and long-term recovery elements may contrast with the current model.
- Refinements to the RC operational model are suggested to incorporate under-represented cultural characteristics for broader applicability.
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