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Concepts of recovery: competing or complementary?

Larry Davidson1, Martha S Lawless, Fiona Leary

  • 1Program on Recovery and Community Health, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06513, USA. Larry.Davidson@Yale.edu

Current Opinion in Psychiatry
|April 28, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Defining recovery in mental health services remains a challenge. Synthesizing clinical and rehabilitation models offers a broader perspective on living with mental illness.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Services
  • Rehabilitation Psychology

Background:

  • The concept of recovery is central to modern mental health services.
  • Clinicians and consumers grapple with defining and measuring recovery.
  • Two primary models of recovery exist: clinical (symptom remission) and rehabilitation (subjective, full life).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the literature on recovery concepts in psychiatry.
  • To analyze the challenges in defining, measuring, and validating recovery.
  • To explore the reconciliation of competing recovery models.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of studies on recovery concepts in mental health.
  • Analysis of papers addressing the definition, measurement, and validation of recovery.

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  • Examination of conceptual discussions and empirical research on recovery.

    • Main Results:

    • Authors often fail to specify their recovery perspective.
    • Most studies struggle with defining, measuring, and validating recovery.
    • Research includes historical reviews, first-person experiences, and attempts to define recovery criteria.

    Conclusions:

    • Competing concepts of recovery present challenges.
    • Both clinical and rehabilitation models are valuable for different populations and purposes.
    • Synthesizing these models provides a more comprehensive view of life with mental illness.