title: Subjective judgements of perceived recovery from psychosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recent conceptualisations of recovery from psychosis have recognised the importance of psychosocial aspects as well as the presence or absence of symptoms. Qualitative research and personal accounts of recovery highlight its subjective and idiosyncratic nature. This study aims to explore subjective judgements of recovery from the perspective of service users, and examine the agreement and consistency in such judgements across different measures of recovery. It also aims to investigate the relationships between subjective judgements of recovery and psychosocial factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 122 participants with experience of psychosis completed three self-report measures of recovery judgements, as well as measures of psychological functioning (including self-esteem, optimism, anxiety and depression) and socio-demographic measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Judgements about recovery from psychosis across the three measures, while showing a trend, also show within-person variability. Recovery judgements were significantly correlated with each other and with all psychological variables, but were not associated with socio-demographic variables except for age. Regression analyses showed that recovery judgements were predicted by mood, optimism and self-esteem.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Subjective judgements of recovery were seen to be idiosyncratic, with people appearing to have different thresholds for perceived recovery. The conclusions of the existing qualitative research and first-person accounts appear generalisable to larger samples.
authors.affiliation: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Rosie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heffernan
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCusker
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bentall
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult