The structure of "Recovery"of the Mentally Challenged in Small Towns with Limited Social Resources

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K21255
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health nursing; Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Science
• Principal Investigator: Konno Hiroyuki 山形県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 助教 (60573904)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 精神障がい者 / リカバリ― / 地域

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to reveal the structure of “recovery” of the mentally challenged in small towns with limited social resources. The conceptual analysis of the recovery of mentally challenged can be classified as on their Individual level, community level, and Socio-cultural level. The concepts of “recovery” changes with time, and it is an integrated concept with diversity exceeding far the individual level. In the study, we witnessed that personal values, existence of important companions, the community, participation in community activities, living conditions, chances of employment, family and acquaintance, and existence of health and wealth fare professionals are vitally important.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

精神障がい者のRecoveryの概念分析では、個人レベル、コミュニティレベル、社会文化的レベルに分類され、リカバリーという意味が時代の中で変化し、個人だけにとどまらない多様性を含んだ概念であることが確認された。小規模町村で生活する精神障がい者のリカバリーは、個人の価値観、重要他者、地域性、コミュニティ活動への参加、日中の居場所、雇用の機会、家族や知人、保健福祉医療専門職の存在が重要であることが明らかになった。