 Treatment, recovery and mutual aid: New directionsDavid Best, Satinder Jandu, Lisa Webster and Phil Hodgson Chapter 25 in Research Handbook on Drugs and Society, 2026, pp 317-329 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: The introduction of a recovery approach, which brought about successes with the mental health recovery movement, and an increasingly visible recovery advocacy movement, resulted in a paradigm shift in the management of substance use problems. Evidence would suggest that stable recovery takes around five years following acute interventions and success typically results from safe and stable accommodation, social networks that are supportive of recovery endeavours and a sense of meaning and purpose in life – often characterised as jobs, friends and houses. This evolution has also resulted in a new metric – recovery capital – that is based on measuring and capturing strengths and access to resources, including peer support and overcoming stigma. The chapter discusses the emergence of both recovery science and the underpinning recovery movement and concludes by examining specialist systems that champion recovery (recovery-oriented systems of care) and the next stage of identifying and sustaining recovery communities (in the form of inclusive recovery cities). Keywords: Recovery; Peers; Strengths-based; Recovery capital; Recovery-oriented systems of care; Inclusive recovery cities (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:21367_25 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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