title: Written plans: an overlooked mechanism to develop recovery-oriented primary care for depression?
abstract: There is a global shift to foster patient-centred and recovery-oriented mental health services. This has resulted from the expansion of how the concept of recovery is understood in mental health literature and practice. Recovery is now more than a return to function or reduction in symptoms; it is a subjective, individualised and multi-faceted experience. To date there has not been investigation of how recovery-oriented services can be translated and implemented into the primary mental health care system. This paper presents the results of a survey from a prospective cohort of primary care patients with probable depression about the importance of written plans to recover. The benefits of having a written plan to recover from depression, as outlined by the participants, were analysed using Leximancer software. The findings provide insights into how written plans may be an important mechanism for implementing a recovery-oriented primary mental health care system. We conclude that the benefits of a written plan provide insight into how patients conceptualise recovery.
authors: Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
authors: Victoria J
authors: VJ
authors: Palmer
authors: Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
authors: Caroline L
authors: CL
authors: Johnson
authors: Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
authors: John S
authors: JS
authors: Furler
authors: Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
authors: Konstancja
authors: K
authors: Densley
authors: Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Potiriadis
authors: Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.
authors: Jane M
authors: JM
authors: Gunn
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011446:Prospective Studies