Remission of Symptoms Is Only Part of Recovery in Psychotic Illness

Full recovery from psychotic illness entails clinical recovery (symptom remission), functional recovery (objectively including social and vocational aspects), and personal recovery (e.g., subjectively establishing a positive identity, hope, and meaning in life).

Dutch investigators sought to examine relationships among types of recovery (clinical, functional, and personal) and measures of insight, medication adherence, addiction, coping abilities (to problem solve, self-regulate emotionally and cognitively, and access social support), and social support (from family, friends, and significant others). The researchers computed weak, moderate, and strong relationships among these variables using baseline data from 187 patients with severe persi…