Background on mental health recovery
To clearly define recovery, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Interagency Committee on Disability Research in partnership with six other Federal agencies convened the National Consensus Conference on Mental Health Recovery and Mental Health Systems Transformation on December 16-17, 2004.
The National Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery, including the Ten Fundamental Components, was derived from expert panel deliberations on the findings. Read the statement in the link provided.
Mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation enabling a person with a mental health problem to live a meaningful life in a community of his or her choice while striving to achieve his or her full potential.
Review Ten Fundamental Components of Recovery in the graph provided to the right and answer the questions on the following pages.