1st Edition
The Path to Mental Health Recovery A Comprehensive Approach for Understanding and Transformation
1: Reconsidering 'Recovery': A Paradigm Shift in Mental Healthcare and Society
Larry Davidson and Kim Jørgensen
2. Political Dynamics and User Engagement in Mental Health Practice towards Recovery
Kim Jørgensen
3. Interpreting 'Recovery': Divergent Perspectives in Mental Healthcare
Rikke Jørgensen & Birgitte Lerbæk
4. Clinical recovery one perspective moving beyond mental health problems
Stephen Fitzgerald Austin & Stine Bjerrum Moeller
5. Human rights, Open Dialogue and Relational Recovery - a revolutionary approach in mental health?
Bengt Karlsson
6. Implementing Recovery in Mental Health: From Treatment to Transformation
Mary Leamy
7. Peer Support Workers: Pioneering a Recovery-Centric Approach
Emma Watson
8. Utilizing digital technologies to create new approaches to treatment and avenues for communication with individuals receiving mental health care at home
Stephen F. Austin and Kim Mathiasen
9. Understanding the significance of family and social support in the recovery journey
Pernille Friis Rønne og Anne Brødsgaard
10. Using Co-operative Inquiry to develop a Recovery-Focused and Inclusive Methodology in Mental Health Care
Jan Kåre Hummelvoll
Biography
Kim Jørgensen is associate professor at Faculty of Health Sciences,Department of Nursing and Health Promotion Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health Services Research User Perspectives and Community-Based Initiatives, University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He works across Denmark and Norway on recovery, cross-sector collaboration, and user participation in mental health services.
“This thoughtful book looks at how theory and research around recovery can be moved into practice… [It] should be required reading for all graduate students who desire to work with clients struggling with mental health challenges.” © Doody’s Review Service, 2026, Laura Kelly, PhD, PMHNP (Pace University)
