Citation

Hess JZ, Lacasse JR, Harmon J, Williams D, Vierling-Claassen N. Child Youth Serv. 2014; 35(2): 116-136.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/0145935X.2014.924344

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The concept of "recovery" from mental disorder is widely used in the national conversation about youth and adult mental health treatment as if everyone is on the same page about what it means. Fundamental disagreements among researchers and practitioners exist, however, on a variety of issues related to the precise nature and meaning of recovery from mental, emotional, and behavioral disorder generally. Among these issues are: (a) The meaning of recovery; (b) The possibility of full recovery; and (c) Effective support for recovery. After reviewing diverging responses for each of these three issues, we then trace practical implications of competing interpretations for treatment and recovery itself. As demonstrated throughout, the stance taken on these questions can have profound and lifelong consequences for youth and children in treatment.