COSIG CONFERENCE BROCHURE.pdf - Drexel University College ...

COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
Juggling Recoveries:
Physical
Disease
Psychiatric
Disorder
•Coping with Addiction, Psychiatric
Disorders and Physical Disease
Kenneth Thompson MD
University of Pittsburgh
Addiction
The way I used to think
How I have
learned to think
Healthy
Illness
Health
Ill
Not Ill
Not Healthy
SAMHSA Consensus Statement on
Recovery
Mental health recovery is a journey of
healing and transformation enabling a
person with a mental health problem to
live a meaningful life in a community of
his or her choice while striving to
achieve his or her full potential.
Ten Points on Recovery
(I - V)
• I. Recovery is a Process
• II. It is based on strength and dignity
• (There is much waste if we do not focus on
recovery strengths.)
• III. It requires connection
• (Individuals are powerful. Groups based
on mutual support, shared identity and
affirmation are more powerful.)
• IV. It is based on learning from history. Insight
into patterns is critical.
• V. It takes discipline. It is discipline.
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