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Best,
Dan

In the west, schizophrenia has long been considered an incurable disorder even though many people recover. Culture, setting and expectations have a profound impact upon recovery rates. The expectation that recovery is impossible can become a self-fulfilling prophecy yet I’ve come across recovery rates as high as 90%.

“The psychotherapy of schizophrenia is, in my opinion, as much in the mind of the observers as in the mind of the patient. We must change before he can change. He has long been incurable because we have been hopeless.”

Karl Meninger

In an article on psychosis and recovery, psychologist Rufus May notes…

1. Each person’s recovery is different.

2. Recovery requires other people to believe in and stand by the person. Other people / opportunities play an important part in enabling the person to make this recovery journey.

3. Recovery does not mean cure. It does not mean the complete disappearance of difficulties.

4. Recovery can occur without professional help. Service users hold the key to recovery.

5. Recovery is an ongoing process. During the recovery journey there will be growth and setbacks, times of change and times where little changes.

6. Recovery from the consequences of mental distress (stigma, unemployment, poor housing, loss of rights etc.) can sometimes be more difficult than recovery from the distress and confusion itself.

7. People who have or are recovering from confusion and distress have valuable knowledge about recovery and can help others who are recovering.

8. A Recovery vision does not require a particular view of mental health problems.

Source: Understanding Psychotic Experience and Working Toward Recovery