Born and raised in Chesterfield, his life was shaped dramatically after he was diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder having spent a stressful time in France working to learn French. Having been sectioned and spent several months recovering, he was motivated to write about his own mental health issues, how others can recover, and how recovery can help patients, staff and all stakeholders to evolve given how much pressure there is facing our health services.
The Recovery model has been proven to make patient wards safer and show strategies that protect vulnerable patients when being discharged, whilst it demonstrates how all parts of our health service can develop using the recovery initiatives in this book, including GPs, doctors, nurses and other staf...