Psychosocial Interventions to Support Community Living: Rehabilitation, Recovery, and Rights

An ethics analysis of antipsychotic dose reduction and discontinuation: Principles for supporting recovery from psychosis.

“…Very recent definitions go beyond an individualistic focus to recognizing recovery as a dynamic relational and cultural process, influenced by the social context within which one lives (Topor et al, 2022). Taking antipsychotic medication is not necessarily an essential component of psychiatric rehabilitation, and symptom resolution is not necessarily a prerequisite for functional or personal recovery (Herrman et al, 2023). Psychosis treatment, including psychiatric rehabilitation, must continue to evolve to promote the recovery needs and preferences of those affected and acknowledge how they are affected within particular social contexts, which may include nonnormative recovery that is "de-psychiatrized" (Topor et al, 2022).…”