Recovery Principles and Evidence-Based Practice: Essential Ingredients of Service Improvement

Authors: Torrey, William¹; Rapp, Charles²; Van Tosh, Laura³; McNabb, Charity³; Ralph, Ruth⁴

Source: Community Mental Health Journal, Volume 41, Number 1, February 2005 , pp. 91-100(10)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The two of the most commonly advocated service improvement proposals for adults with severe mental illnesses are to redesign services based on recovery principles and to increase the availability of services with strong research support. The two improvement strategies complement and inform each other much more than they conflict. To improve, the field needs the insights of people who have personally experienced severe mental illnesses and it needs the scientific process. Applied together, the two strategies can guide the development of an optimal service system: The kind of service system that most people would want for themselves or their family should they have the need.

Keywords: severe mental illness; schizophrenia; illness management; psychiatric rehabilitation; recovery

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-005-2608-2

Affiliations: 1: Dartmouth Medical School, USA, Email: William.C.Torrey@Dartmouth.EDU 2: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, USA, 3: Mental Health Policy and Research Consultant., USA, 4: Health Policy Institute at the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, USA,

Publication date: 2005-02-01