How recovery definitions vary by service use pathway: Findings from a national survey of adults.

作者：Paul A. Gilbert, Loulwa Soweid, Sydney Evans, Grant Brown, Anne Helene Skinstad, Sarah E. Zemore · 发表于：Psychology of Addictive Behaviors · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1037/adb0001026 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Mental Health and Patient Involvement、Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes、Resilience and Mental Health

OBJECTIVE: How people define recovery may affect their recovery goals, service use, and ultimately their outcomes. We examined recovery definitions among adults in recovery from an alcohol use disorder (AUD) who had different service use histories. METHOD: ? (WIR) scale. We compared endorsement of WIR domains and individual recovery elements across groups using survey-weighted chi-square tests and logistic regression. RESULTS: Endorsement of WIR scale domains was significantly lower among the independent than treated and assisted groups, but few differences emerged between the treated and assisted groups. Two recovery elements were endorsed by approximately equivalent majorities of all groups: "being honest with myself" (92.7%-94.8%) and "taking care of my physical health" (87.4%-90.9%). Five additional elements were similarly endorsed by large majorities (≥ 85%) in each group, albeit at lower levels in the independent group. CONCLUSIONS: People who have experienced AUD and have not obtained alcohol services may have a narrower definition of recovery compared to those accessing treatment or attending mutual-help groups. This suggests a need to broaden alcohol services to better match varied recovery definitions; however, some highly endorsed elements suggest commonalities across recovery pathways. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).