As both a concept and a movement,“recovery” is increasingly guiding substance use
disorder (SUD) services and policy. One sign of this change is the emergence of recovery …

The term “recovery” is often used in the addiction field. However, we have thus far failed to
define the term, to delineate its dimensions, or to elucidate the prerequisite conditions to this …

Recovery is emerging as an influential but ill-defined organizing concept for addiction
treatment and the larger field of behavioral health care. The reification of the concept of …

Recovery capital—the quantity and quality of internal and external resources to initiate and
maintain recovery—is explored with suggestions for how recovery support services …

Substance use disorders (SUD) are, for many, chronic conditions that are typically
associated with severe impairments in multiple areas of functioning.“Recovery” from SUD is …

Severe alcohol and other drug problems typically take a chronic course and often require
multiple episodes of intervention before stable recovery is achieved. The conceptualization …

Background Research has led to improvements in the effectiveness of interventions for
substance use disorders (SUD), but for the most part progress has been modest, particularly …

This paper provides a perspective on the recent concept of recovery-oriented systems of
care with respect to its origins in the past and its status in the present, prior to considering …

The addiction field's failure to achieve consensus on a definition of “recovery” from severe
and persistent alcohol and other drug problems undermines clinical research, compromises …

Background: Only 10% of people with substance use disorder (SUD) receive treatment,
partially due to inadequate access to specialty SUD care and limited management within …