The book, the stories, the people: an ongoing dialogic narrative inquiry study combining a practice development project. Part 2: the practice development context

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  This paper reports on a Writing for Recovery practice development project which is part of broader, ongoing narrative research.
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  Its aim is to help mental health users, carers and survivors develop skills in creative writing to engage in the process of narrative re-storying in line with preferred identity.
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  A selective overview of broad and focal background literature relevant to the project positions it within a values-based mental health nursing practice.
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  The specific plan for running the project is briefly summarized, covering actual and anticipated ethical issues.
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  The paper ends with a discussion of dissemination aims.

This paper is the second part of a two-article practice development report. It builds on the first part by introducing and discussing a Writing for Recovery practice development project, conducted at two UK sites. The paper begins by briefly describing the project within the context of helping mental health users, carers and survivors develop skills in creative writing in order to engage in the process of narrative re-storying in line with preferred identity. A selective overview of broad and focal background literature relevant to the project is then provided in order to position it within a values-based mental health nursing practice. Following this, the specific plan for running the project is briefly summarized, covering actual and anticipated ethical issues. The paper ends with a discussion of dissemination aims.