Barriers to recovery and recommendations for change: the Pennsylvania Consensus Conference on psychiatry's role.
OBJECTIVE
Recovery has emerged over the past decade as a dominant theme in public mental health care.


METHODS
The 2006 Pennsylvania Consensus Conference brought together 24 community psychiatrists to explore the barriers they experienced in promoting recovery and their recommendations for change.


RESULTS
Twelve barriers were identified and classified into one of three categories: psychiatry knowledge, roles, and training; the need to transform public mental health systems and services; and environmental barriers to opportunity. Participants made 22 recommendations to address these barriers through changes in policies, programs, and psychiatric knowledge and practice.


CONCLUSIONS
The recommendations identify areas for change that can be accomplished through individual psychiatrist action and organized group efforts.
Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Joseph A
JA
Rogers
Michael J
MJ
Vergare
Richard C
RC
Baron
Mark S
MS
Salzer
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