“What is Mental Health Recovery?” Animation Relaunch

Posted on March 28, 2019

The Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) has launched a refreshed version of their “What is Mental Health Recovery?” animation.

This new version will form part of a suite of specially developed resources aimed at encouraging conversation around recovery and wellbeing, Let’s Talk About Recovery.

Let’s Talk About Recovery uses the CHIME Framework (Connections, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment), and SRN are also developing accompanying CHIME Conversation Cards containing questions to get people thinking about what recovery and wellbeing means to them and their community.

To view the animation, or for further information, visit the SRN website.

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