A personal recovery model for parents with mental health problems

Abstract

There are many definitions of “recovery.” Clinical recovery is usually defined as symptom remission, return to work or education, distant contact with mental health services, and a sustained social support network (Liberman and Kopelowicz, 2002). Because clinicians tend to see much more of the disabled than of the recovered, a “clinician's illusion” (Cohen and Cohen, 1984) arises – the illusion that recovery is rare. However, studies of long-term clinical recovery from schizophrenia published from the 1970s onwards revealed that clinical recovery is more common than previously understood, typically above 50% after 20 years. In contrast to clinical recovery, the term “personal recovery” is of..