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Proposal for a socially constitutive process of personal recovery in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2024

Hideki Muramatsu Open the ORCID record for Hideki Muramatsu [Opens in a new window]
Hideki Muramatsu*
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A one-year non-degree student at the Open University of Japan, Chiba, Japan. He has been supervising social skills training virtual reality content as an experienced specialist and managing self-help groups for more than 10 years. He has an MA in curriculum design with emphasis on child studies from Seitoku University, Japan.
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Correspondence Hideki Muramatsu. Email: wrap.hide@gmail.com
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Summary

This article discusses the importance of personal recovery in psychiatry and proposes a new socially constitutive process. The author, an expert by experience, emphasises that recovery is not only an individual endeavour but also an intersubjective one. Moreover, social relationships and external factors such as community, family, health service culture and social norms influence the recovery process. The socially constitutive process posits that support from professionals and family members is crucial, significantly reducing the burden of responsibility carried by individuals with mental illness.

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Personal recoverysocially constitutive processmental healthrelationshipsexpert-by-experience

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BJPsych Advances , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , July 2025 , pp. 226 - 227
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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