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The vision of recovery today: what it is and what it means for services.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Farkas, Marianne D. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | In the past, practice in mental health was guided by the belief that individuals with serious mental illnesses do not recover. The course of their illness was either seen pessimistically, as deteriorative, or optimistically, as a maintenance course. Research over the past thirty to forty years has indicted that belief and shown that a vision of recovery can be achieved for many individuals. People with serious mental illnesses have themselves published accounts of their own recovery as well as advocated for the development of recovery promoting services. In North America and other regions, policies have been developed to make recovery the guiding vision of services. Today, particularly in the United States, much effort is going into the transformation of services and systems to achieve recovery outcomes. Despite these trends, the idea of recovery remains controversial and, some say, even illusory. This article clarifies the meaning of the term "recovery", reviews the research and first person accounts providing a rationale for recovery, and sets out implications for developing recovery oriented services. |
| Starting Page | 68 |
| Ending Page | 74 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 18235855 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://bgrosjean.com/files/The_vision_of_recovery_today2007.pdf |
| Journal | World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
