The Recovery Model has been introduced in New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (NLPRA) for over a decade since 2010. The 12 working principles of the localized recovery include: 1) strength-based; 2) peer support; 3) respect; 4) family participation; 5) hope; 6) non-linearity; 7) holistic; 8) self-direction and choice; 9) responsibility; 10) user participation; 11) individualized and 12) trauma-informed. It is timely to reflect on the mental health recovery development in the last decade and explore how to forge the way forward to better meet the changing needs of the service users and their families.
"Mental health is a lot more than the absence of illness: it is an intrinsic part of our individual and collective health and well-being. […..] we need to transform our attitudes, actions and approaches to promote and protect mental health, and to provide and care for those in need. We can and should do this by transforming the environments that influence our mental health and by developing community-based mental health services capable of achieving universal health coverage for mental health.”
World Mental Health Report
Transforming Mental Health for All (2022)
This coincides mental health policy reaffirmed by the Government of HKSAR in its Mental Health Review Report in 2017 which is to promote greatly, affordable and accessible mental health services to persons in need and promote mental health to the general public.
"Each path to transformation is a path towards better mental health for all. Together, they will lead us closer to a world in which mental health is valued, promoted and protected; where everyone has an equal opportunity to enjoy mental health and to exercise their human rights; and where everyone can access the mental health care they need. Individuals, governments, care providers, nongovernmental organizations, academics, employers, civil society and other stakeholders all have a part to play. It will take the combined efforts of us all to transform mental health.”
World Mental Health Report
Transforming Mental Health for All (2022)