Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 635-649Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-015-9549-y
Keywords
Recovery; Co-occurring disorder; Homelessness; Housing first
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Funding
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) [R36DA027770]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) [KL2TR001106]
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) [R24MH074670]
- VA Quality Enhancement of Research Initiative [RRP 12-504]
- VA Health Service Research and Development [CIN-13-416]
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The current study seeks to understand the concept of recovery from the perspectives of consumers and staff living and working in a supportive housing model designed to serve those with co-occurring disorder. Interview and focus group data were collected from consumers and staff from four housing programs. Data analyzed using an approach that combined case study and grounded theory methodologies demonstrate that: consumers' and staff members' views of recovery were highly compatible and resistant to abstinence-based definitions of recovery; recovery is personal; stability is a foundation for recovery; recovery is a process; and the recovery process is not linear. These themes are more consistent with mental health-focused conceptions of recovery than those traditionally used within the substance abuse field, and they help demonstrate how recovery can be influenced by the organization of services in which consumers are embedded.
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