Recovery is a ubiquitous concept but remains poorly understood and ill defined, hindering
the development of assessment tools necessary to evaluate treatment effectiveness. This …

Objective: Although recovery increasingly guides substance use disorder services and
policy, definitions of recovery continue to lack specificity, thereby hindering measure …

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 …

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 …

The term “recovery” in the substance use disorder (SUD) field has been used generally and
non-technically to describe global improvements in health and functioning typically following …

There is an unknown but very large number of individuals who have experienced and
successfully resolved dependence on alcohol or other drugs. These individuals refer to their …

The history of addiction treatment in America contains within it a history of key ideas that
have transformed service philosophies and practices. In the early history of modern …

Recovery from addiction is a complex and dynamic process, with considerable variations
across individuals. Despite historical and recent surge of interest in recovery among many …

Background The increasing focus on achieving a sustained recovery from substance use
brings with it a need to better understand the factors (recovery capital) that contribute to …

A number of definitions exist for the concept of “recovery” in both the substance use disorder
(SUD) and mental health (MH) fields. Previous attempts to define recovery have not reached …