“…Social interaction and support are two of the processes that may take place within the social network (Berkman & Glass, 2000). Social interaction and support and the development of meaningful personal relationships form important facets of personal recovery, which has been described as an individual process of learning to manage one's illness and pursuing a meaningful life in the community (Anthony, 1993;Noordsy, Torrey, Mueser, Mead, O'Keefe, & Fox, 2002;Onken et al, 2007). Townly et al (2013) found that although casual, routine interaction with community members (termed distal support) could predict recovery and community integration, the more traditional social network support (e.g.…”