Recovery model

The Recovery Model is an approach to mental disorder or substance dependence that emphasizes and supports an individual's potential for recovery. Recovery can be seen within the model as a personal journey requiring hope, a secure base, supportive relationships, empowerment, social inclusion, coping skills, and finding meaning. Originating in programs to overcome drug addiction, the use of the concept in mental health emerged as deinstitutionalization resulted in more individuals living in community settings. It gained impetus due to a perceived failure to adequately support integration, and by studies demonstrating that many can recover. The Recovery Model has now been explicitly adopted as the guiding principle of the mental health systems of a number of countries and states. In many cases practical steps are being taken to base services on the recovery model, although there are a variety of obstacles and concerns raised. A number of standardized measures have been developed to assess aspects of recovery. There is some variation between professionalized recovery models and those originating in the consumer/survivor movement.
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