What does recovery mean for me? Perspectives of Canadian mental health consumers.

The objective of this study was to explore the meaning of recovery from the perspectives of consumers receiving mental health services in Canada.Sixty semi-structured interviews were conducted with 54 mental health consumers in Montreal, Québec City and Waterloo-Guelph, Ontario.Two contrasting meanings of recovery emerged. The first definition strongly attached recovery to illness while the second definition linked recovery to self-determination...