Recovery from Serious Mental Illnesses:
Research Evidence and Implications for Practice—Volume 1
 Edited by Larry Davidson, Courtenay Harding,
and LeRoy Spaniol
In this first of two landmark volumes, Davidson, Harding, and Spaniol present over 30 years of accumulating evidence that challenges the long-held view that severe mental illnesses typically follow a deteriorating course. Recovery from Severe Mental Illnesses: Research Evidence and Implications for Practice—Volume 1 demonstrates that people with severe mental illnesses achieve higher levels of role functioning, adjustment, and subjective well-being than previously thought.
Volume 1 begins by exploring the concept and possibility of recovery for people with mental illness and follows with a number of long-term outcome studies that suggest that a significant percentage of people with severe mental illnesses dramatically improves over time. Further evidence of the possibility of recovery is offered through the perspectives and personal accounts of people who have recovered to varying degrees from serious mental illnesses.
Over 30 years of accumulating evidence supporting the possibility of recovery for people with severe mental illnesses.
Finally, this volume begins to explore the range of interventions that have been found to promote recovery for people with serious mental illnesses. Articles on psychiatric rehabilitation and community integration are presented, to be followed by articles on treatment, case management, and advocacy in Volume 2. Volume 2 addresses the role of the family, how mental health systems can become recovery-oriented systems of care, and a discussion of future directions for research and practice.
Contents of Volume 1
- Recovery from Severe Mental Illness: Is It Possible?
- Then What Happens to People Over Time?
- What Helps People Improve? Part 1: The Fundamentals of Community Integration
Foreword by William Anthony
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©2005, softcover 512 pages, ISBN: 1-878512-16-1
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Davidson, L, Harding, C., & Spaniol, L. (2005). Recovery from Severe Mental Illnesses: Research Evidence and Implications for Practice, Volume 1. Boston: Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
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