title: Personal narrative as a teaching tool.
abstract: Recovery-oriented service systems explicitly value including people with lived experiences of a mental and substance use diagnosis in the design, delivery, and evaluation of those services. Including first-person accounts as part of the education and training of service providers "demonstrates" recovery is possible, promotes empathy, offers insights into the lives of service users, and models a person-centered, person-first approach. More important, it serves as a visual and experiential example of the collegial relationships required for services that are truly recovery-oriented. This column provides recommendations for carefully planning in-person personal narratives as an effective teaching tool.
authors: Transformation Center.
authors: Lyn
authors: L
authors: Legere
authors: Patricia B
authors: PB
authors: Nemec
authors: Margaret
authors: M
authors: Swarbrick
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D063545:Personal Narratives as Topic; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*