Asian perspectives on personal recovery in mental health: a scoping review.

@article{Kuek2020AsianPO,
  title={Asian perspectives on personal recovery in mental health: a scoping review.},
  author={Jonathan Han Loong Kuek and Toby Raeburn and Timothy Wand},
  journal={Journal of mental health},
  year={2020},
  pages={
          1-17
        }
}
BACKGROUND Personal recovery is a relatively novel concept in many Asian countries, and recovery-oriented interventions are usually adapted from western conceptualizations of recovery. AIM To understand what personal recovery in mental health means to people in Asia, what meanings they give to their conditions, and what factors they perceive as hindering or facilitating their recovery. METHOD The review focused on peer-reviewed papers published in English between the years 2000 and 2020… 
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