Resource details
Examining the existing knowledge base for enablers of family recovery in mental health
A scoping review
Kerry Cuskelly, Michael J. Norton, Gina Delaney, Brendan Leen
7.1.2026
View PublicationSummary
This scoping review explores how mental health services support family recovery and what enables this support to be effective. Drawing on 27 studies, it identifies five main types of enablers: peer support, professional interventions, practice models, community services, and individual factors. These enablers are implemented through recovery frameworks, support resources, strong relational approaches, and access to appropriate services. Reported benefits include improved family understanding, communication and relationships, as well as greater advocacy, empowerment, self-efficacy, and personal recovery for family members.
Related Publications
-
3 September 2011
Primary caregivers’ satisfaction with clinicians’ response to them as informal carers of young people with first-episode psychosis
Terence V McCann, Dan I Lubman, Eileen Clark
-
18 July 2016
Health literacy of caregivers of adult care recipients
Eva Y. N. Yuen, Tess Knight, Lina A. Ricciardelli, Susan Burney
-
24 January 2018
Carers' preferences for the delivery of therapy services for people with disability in rural Australia
Gisselle Gallego, Angela Dew, Anita Bundy, Kim Bulkeley, Jennie Brentnall, Craig Veitch
-
2 January 2013
I feel your pain
Carol T. Kulik, Christina Cregan, Hugh Bainbridge
-
Add your research
My ResearchIs something important missing from the Research Library? Share your research or suggest research by another author using our submission form. For more information about how to create an account click here and for more information about how to upload a publication to the research library click here.
-
How to use the Research Library
FAQsFind out more about how to find a resource on the Carer Knowledge Exchange Research Library here.
