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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how critical discourse analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to producing and reinforcing social inequalities. CDA regards linguistic productions as reflecting, consciously or unconsciously, the narrators’ understandings of, or attitudes about, phenomena. Mental health recovery research aims to identify and address power differentials, making CDA a potentially relevant approach. However, CDA frameworks have not been widely applied to mental health recovery research. We adapted established CDA frameworks to our cross-cultural mental health recovery study. The adapted methodology comprises (1) selecting discourses that indicate positive changes and (2) considering sociocultural practices informed by relevant cultural characteristics identified in our previous research, without placing value judgments. Our adapted framework can support cross-cultural mental health recovery research that uses CDA.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	©Yasuhiro Kotera, Riddhi Daryanani, Oliver Skipper, Jonathan Simpson, Simran Takhi, Merly McPhilbin, Benjamin-Rose Ingall, Mariam Namasaba, Jessica Jepps, Vanessa Kellermann, Divya Bhandari, Yasutaka Ojio, Amy Ronaldson, Estefania Guerrero, Tesnime Jebara, Claire Henderson, Mike Slade, Sara Vilar-Lluch. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 21.02.2025. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Formative Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://formative.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
Publisher Keywords:	critical discourse analysis, cross-cultural mental health recovery research, linguistic analysis, social inequality, mental health, recovery research, language, social inequalities, qualitative analytical approach, linguistic expressions, discourse, analysis, framework, inequalities
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Nursing & Midwifery
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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