Issues and developments on the consumer recovery construct |
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Authors: | ALAN S BELLACK AMY DRAPALSKI |
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Institution: | 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 W. Lombard St., Suite 551, Baltimore, MD 21201;2VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, MD 21201, USA |
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Abstract: | The consumer recovery model has had increasing influence on mental health
practices in the United States, Western Europe, and several other countries.
However, adoption of the model has reflected political decisions rather than
empirical evidence of the validity of the model or its value for treatment
services. The recovery construct is poorly defined, and until recently there
has been no reliable and valid measure with which to base a research program.
We have developed an empirical measure that is well-suited for both research
and clinical applications: the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in Serious
Mental Ill-ness (MARS). We briefly describe the MARS and present preliminary
data demonstrating that recovery is not a simple by-product of traditional
outcome do-mains, but seems to be a distinct construct that may have important
implications for understanding consumers with serious mental illness and for
evaluating the outcome of treatment programs. |
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Keywords: | Recovery serious mental illness consumer movement self-efficacy social learning model |
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