title: Recovery, place and community mental health services.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  While some studies have examined recovery in relation to specific contexts (e.g. housing and work), few have looked in detail at the social and environmental conditions in which recovery occurs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between the recovery of people receiving community mental health services and the places in which they live; to generate knowledge concerning aspects of locality which impact on recovery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grounded theory methodology was employed as a framework for collecting and analysing qualitative data. The study incorporated aspects of Photovoice ( Lopez et al., 2005 ) and ethnography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four overlapping theoretical accounts are presented. These are: housing, space and agency; representations of social identity; natural environments; and replacement communities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recovery can be understood as a variety of interacting ecological processes occurring in the context of the social, economic and physical environment. This offers new ways of thinking about recovery-orientated services.
authors: Department of Clinical Psychology Training, Staffordshire & Keele Universities, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. ian.yates@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: Yates
authors: Guy
authors: G
authors: Holmes
authors: Helena
authors: H
authors: Priest
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom