Recovery in Severe Mental Illnesses: A Literature Review of Recovery Measures

Does outcome measurement of treatment for substance use disorder reflect the personal concerns of patients? A scoping review of measures recommended in Europe

“…If the use of individualised measures is not feasible, a standardised patient-reported outcome measure designed with a high level of patient input may be a suitable alternative. Although "imperfect measures are better than no measures at all" (Scheyett et al, 2013), the addition of items deemed important by patients has the potential to improve outcome measurement.…”

“An Ongoing Struggle With the Self and Illness”: Α Meta-Synthesis of the Studies of the Lived Experience of Severe Mental Illness

“…Based on this, interventions aiming to social rehabilitation may need to transform their philosophy and adopt a more genuine towards social acceptance character (Drake & Whitley, 2014;Linz & Sturm, 2013;Mizock et al, 2014;Scheyett, DeLuca, & Morgan, 2013). This means that mental health care professionals need to enhance their empathic understanding and subsequently unconditional acceptance of mentally ill individuals, liberated from their preconceptions regarding mental illness (Cleary et al, 2012;Dilks et al, 2010).…”

Recovery and serious mental illness: a review of current clinical and research paradigms and future directions

“…While reviews of subjective recovery assessments lament the lack of a gold standard, many authors have concluded that the RAS may be the best current option due to it possessing validity via constructs developed with clients and adequate psychometric properties [56,57,61].…”