Connecting with “everyday life-things” – exploring characteristics of recovery-nurturing places
| Date | 19 March 2024 |
| Pages | 1120-1129 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-01-2024-0014 |
| Published date | 19 March 2024 |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care,Mental health,Social inclusion |
| Author | Trude Klevan,Reidun Jonassen,Marit Borg |
Connecting with “everyday life-things”–
exploring characteristics of
recovery-nurturing places
Trude Klevan, Reidun Jonassen and Marit Borg
Abstract
Purpose –The aim of this study is to explore the characteristics of what is experienced in mental health
recovery-oriented places and how these characteristics can facilitate social connections and participation.
Design/methodology/approach –This qualitative study has an explorative, interpretive and collaborative
design. Dyadic interviews and participatory fieldwork observations were used as methods for data
generation. Data were analyzed using a collaborative hermeneutic approach.
Findings –Characteristics ofrecovery-nurturing places involved how concreteand tangible features of
place may nurture and enable actions and ways of being with oneself and others. Three broad themes
explore the characteristics and how they canenable recovery: nurturing senses, nurturingpractical skills
and nurturingcommunication.
Originality/value –This study demonstrates how materiality and recovery are interconnected and
expands the understandingof recovery as ‘‘in-the-mind processes.’’ It exploreshow places and material
objects have a recovery-nurturing potential through enabling actions and participation and thereby
supportingpeople in living, storying and restoryingtheir lives.
Keywords Place, Mental health recovery, Recovery-nurturing, Storying
Paper type Research paper
Recovery has become an influential paradigm in the shaping of community
mental health services in many western countries (Slade et al. ,2014). Adhe ring
to this paradigm involves finding community-based ways of supporting people
struggling with mental health and substance use (MHSU) issues, taking an everyday
life approach. An everyday approach to mental health recovery typically involves
understanding recovery as a process rather than an outco me. These processes are
both personal and social, and the interactions among the processes also play a role in
recovery. Recovery focuses on finding ways of living well, either with or without what
may be described as symptoms or clinical problems (Sommer et al.,2021). Positioning
recovery within a processual and contextual understanding means that an important
part of recovery-oriented services is facilita ting community engagement and
participation. Tailored support and flexible servi ces are crucial for promoting
community inclusion and participation (Nesse et al.,2022). In line with this
understanding, recovery-oriented practices cannot be standardized and implemented
but need to be developed in relation to the local contexts and by t he people interacting
in these contexts (Borg and Davidson, 2008). As such, recovery may aptly be
understood as dynamic and constantly “in the makin g” (Sommer et al.,2021;Klevan
et al., 2021a). Furthermore, recovery is understood as a r elational process that is
based on mutuality and reciprocity (Klevan et al., 2021a;Price-Robertson et al.,
2017a).
Trude Klevan, Reidun
Jonassen and Marit Borg
are all based at the
Department of Health,
Social and Welfare Studies,
University of South-Eastern
Norway, Kongsberg,
Norway.
The authors wish to
acknowledge Stiftelsen Dam
(The Dam Foundation) for
funding the project.
PAGE 1120 jMENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL INCLUSION jVOL. 28 NO. 6 2024,pp. 1120-1129, ©EmeraldPublishing Limited, ISSN 2042-8308 DOI 10.1108/MHSI-01-2024-0014
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