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90 = USING INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS 6.6. FINAL CONCLUSIONS The theoretical part of the book aims to provide an overview of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and the recovery approach, while the four empirical studies wish to contribute to some of the field’s special aspects such as identity change of recovery and experiences of recovering helpers, synthetic cannabinoid users and voice hearers. In conclusion IPA is a suitable method for the examination of recovery, because it is described as a subjective process and it could not be examined with questionnaires and the results may not be quantifiable. The aim was to exploratively examine some current topic of several fields where recovery approach is used. Study 1 highlighted the benefits of recovering helpers’ work in addiction field, which is also beneficial for their recovery process. Study 2 and 3 have preliminary results of the problem of synthetic cannabinoid use, in which case unusual experiences could evoke limitations for recovery. Study 4 underlined the importance of self-help group in case of patients with psychosis. Recovery in this context could be a different process than in case of addiction, but there are similarities: individuals could live a whole life with or despite of addiction/psychosis by taming the experience which could become a liveable condition. Unfortunately many questions remained unanswered, the results of an IPA study could generate further research questions, but the detailed analysis with a narrow focus could enlighten what is worth to examine in the future. Further tasks of the researchers in the field is to explore in what areas recovery approach is used, because research is indispensable to introduce recovery into scientific context and thereby to legitimate its existence in addiction, in mental illness and psychiatric treatment.
