Exploring the Paradoxical Effects of Insight and Stigma in Psychological Recovery

Recovery among people with serious mental illness (SMI) is an evolving concept that is recognized as null personalized unique process (Deegan, 1988; Leete, 1989), and has been recognized as the most important goal within null consumer-centered mental health system (President's New Freedom Commission, 2003; Surgeon General, 1999). While the literature contains over 100 empirical definitions of recovery (Bonney & Stickley, 2008; Brennaman & Lobo,...