Re-storying narrative identity: a dialogical study of mental health recovery and survival

摘要

Current UK mental health nursing policy is critiqued for neglecting the storied complexities of recovery-survival. Within a critical framework, creative non-fiction is used in a relational auto-ethnographic design to produce two short stories that demonstrate the utility of narrative re-storying in recovery-survival. New insights emerge for mental health nurse practice and research. These are: that narrative re-storying may help the recovery process for individuals and communities; that hybrid transcultural writing positively undermines barriers between professionals and consumers of mental health; and that all of this constitutes contemporary methodological innovation in narrative inquiry and related practice.