The British Journal of Psychiatry (2006) 188: 401-402. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.015933
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EDITORIALS

Delivering medical care for patients with serious mental illness or promoting a collaborative model of recovery?

HELEN LESTER, MB BCH, MD, FRCGP

Department of Primary Care, University of Birmingham

LINDA GASK, MB ChB, MSc, PhD, FRCPsych

Divisions of Primary Care and Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK

Correspondence: Professor Linda Gask, University of Manchester, Division of Primary Care, Rusholme Academic Unit, 1st floor, Rusholme Health Centre, Walmer Street, Manchester M14 5NP, UK. E-mail: Linda.Gask{at}manchester.ac.uk

Declaration of Interest None.

There is a tension between models of ‘recovery’, which are increasingly important in mental health policy and practice, and systematic models of care delivery based on the notion of ‘chronic illness’. A collaborative approachis central to the development of high-quality recovery-oriented mental healthcare.


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