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dc.contributor.authorBrijnath, Bianca
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:37:37Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:37:37Z
dc.date.created2016-05-08T19:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationBrijnath, B. 2015. Applying the CHIME recovery framework in two culturally diverse Australian communities: Qualitative results. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 61 (7): pp. 660-667.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33535
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0020764015573084
dc.description.abstract

Background: CHIME (connectedness, hope and optimism about the future, identity, meaning in life and empowerment) is a framework for conceptualising personal recovery from mental illness. To date, there has been limited research on its cross-cultural applicability. Aims: To apply CHIME to two culturally diverse groups' conceptualisation of recovery from depression. Method: Qualitative interviews with 30 Anglo-Australians and 28 Indian-Australians living with depression in Melbourne, Australia. Data were thematically analysed. Results: Both groups valued connectedness but experienced stigma and struggled to broker family support. Identity, hope and optimism for the future were associated with positive thinking, being 'cured' and discontinuing treatment. Spirituality gave Indian participants meaning in life; Anglos derived meaning from the illness experience itself. Feeling empowered, for both groups, was related to improved socio-economic status and being 'settled' (e.g. having gainful employment, a home and family). Conclusions: CHIME was applicable in both groups, but culture mediated how cross-cutting issues (e.g. stigma) and sub-components of CHIME were operationalised. Recovery was also influenced by participant's socio-economic context. Research, policy and practice implications are discussed.

dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd.
dc.titleApplying the CHIME recovery framework in two culturally diverse Australian communities: Qualitative results
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume61
dcterms.source.number7
dcterms.source.startPage660
dcterms.source.endPage667
dcterms.source.issn0020-7640
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Social Psychiatry
curtin.departmentSchool of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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