The occupational meaning of everyday activity for people with severe and enduring mental illness

This hybrid thesis explores the qualitative, longitudinal findings of everyday activities for people diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI) living in Western Australia and receiving assertive community treatment services. Over 12 months, SMI consumers’ quality of life appeared episodic and s...

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Main Author: Milbourn, Benjamin Tyler
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1584
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description This hybrid thesis explores the qualitative, longitudinal findings of everyday activities for people diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI) living in Western Australia and receiving assertive community treatment services. Over 12 months, SMI consumers’ quality of life appeared episodic and severely compromised. In response to the research findings, the author proposes a framework of everyday engagement to facilitate therapeutic relationships grounded in a consumers’ everyday life that build well-being and recovery experiences.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-15842017-02-20T06:37:42Z The occupational meaning of everyday activity for people with severe and enduring mental illness Milbourn, Benjamin Tyler This hybrid thesis explores the qualitative, longitudinal findings of everyday activities for people diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI) living in Western Australia and receiving assertive community treatment services. Over 12 months, SMI consumers’ quality of life appeared episodic and severely compromised. In response to the research findings, the author proposes a framework of everyday engagement to facilitate therapeutic relationships grounded in a consumers’ everyday life that build well-being and recovery experiences. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1584 en Curtin University fulltext
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title The occupational meaning of everyday activity for people with severe and enduring mental illness
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title_short The occupational meaning of everyday activity for people with severe and enduring mental illness
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