title: Consumer perspectives on the concept of recovery in schizophrenia: A systematic review.
abstract: Subjective descriptions of recovery from schizophrenia may be different from clinical recovery measures. The aim of the review was to identify the consumer perspectives of recovery from schizophrenia. Twenty-five studies within the period of 2000-2013, including qualitative and quantitative studies were reviewed by using different search strategies. An integrated method was used and the findings were coded and related themes were identified under five areas, namely, process orientation, self orientation, family orientation, social orientation, and illness orientation. Recovery was considered as both process and outcome. Patient or client-based definitions of recovery mainly involved factors related to personal wellbeing and social inclusion, that were seemingly distant from the clinical recovery measures. Incorporating consumer descriptions of recovery in recovery oriented services can increase the outcome of the services.
authors.affiliation: Govt Mental Health Centre, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Electronic address: diksy08@yahoo.in.
authors.forename: Diksy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jose
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: ramachandra_nimhans@yahoo.co.in.
authors.lastname: Ramachandra
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: lalithakrishnasamy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lalitha
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: sailaxmi63@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sailaxmi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (INI), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: desaigeetha@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: dr.nagarjaiah@gmail.com.
authors.lastname: Nagarajaiah
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005195:Family Relations; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Consumer perspectives; Psychosis; Recovery; Schizophrenia; Systematic literature review