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I think there are many things to be worried about, on many complex levels. However I'd disagree that this kind of thinking from the powers that be should be considered so absurd that its not worth worrying about. Without taking away from the myriad of problematic issues this list addresses I'm deeply worried about this document. Feedback from my organisation is that this tool is going to be something that we HAVE to use with our clients in order to justify to our funders that we are doing good work. Yes, as a progressive organisation we may find ways to keep the funders happy without losing the 'human-ness' of our project, but this does not detract from the fact that human distress and mental health problems are being framed in this horrid and absurd way. The messages that this kind of 'tool' will give out will have subtle effects that can deeply affect the experiences of human beings at their most vulnerable.
 
As a wider issue I'm concerned that something such as the 'recovery star' can be drawn up and not critiqued before being rolled out. In it the powers that be are underlining age old assumptions about mental health which still require challenging. It is assuming that life and 'recovery' is about reaching an ultimate point of perfection. This document seems, to me, to be a massive backward step- harnessing all that was hopeful about the recovery movement and trapping it into a system that attempts to create perfect citizens- ones that go to work, don't break the law and pay their rent.
 
My organisation is contemplating writing a critique of its own about this document (and the process by which it was drawn up)- I'd hoped that perhaps others on this list would want to contribute. I'm slightly surprised that it doesn't fit into the realm of 'things to be worried about'. If we are not standing up against kinds of documents are we not tactily accepting them as part of our social discourse?
 
Alison



Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 21:08:41 +0100
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Subject: Re: the recovery star
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yes I can just see this coming to a cmht near me soon... we can all be stars, etc...
I feel the chill too!
But I suppose on reflection this is so bad it can't be taken seriously. It's perhaps the more subtle things we want to be worried about.
Penny
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Now this really does send chills up my spine.....this is advertising the main 'recovery' tool in mental health.....
 
Alison

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