Retta Andresen is a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research into the process of recovery and its measurement has received national and international recognition and interest. Lindsay Oades is a Clinical and Health Psychologist and Director of the Australian Institute of Business Wellbeing at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He has been awarded numerous national awards for his mental health research. Peter Caputi is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Constructivist Psychology and a consulting editor for The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied.

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• About the authors xiForeword by Jon Strang xiiiPreface xviiAcknowledgements xixPart I Recovery in Historical Context1 Introduction: Recovery from schizophrenia 32 Conceptualizing recovery: A consumer-oriented approach 23Part II Elaboration of the Model: From Hopelessness to Flourishing3 Moratorium: The first stage of psychological recovery 534 Awareness: The second stage of psychological recovery 675 Preparation: The third stage of psychological recovery 776 Rebuilding: The fourth stage of psychological recovery 877 Growth: The fifth stage of psychological recovery 1038 Common questions regarding the stage model of psychological recovery 115Part III Measuring Recovery9 Recovery-oriented outcome measurement 123Part IV Towards a Positive Future10 Psychological recovery and positive psychology 13911 Reflections and future directions 147Afterword 155References 157Index 179