The development of a new measure of recovery

Background/Objectives: One of the aims for mental health services is to promote recovery for service users. A challenge for services is how to assess their progress in doing this. One method to assess recovery is to use standardised outcome measures. A new measure (INSPIRE) has been developed as part of the REFOCUS project which assesses the recovery-orientation of services from a service user perspective. Methods: The measure was underpinned theoretically by a conceptual framework of personal recovery and a thematic analysis of recovery oriented practice. A synthesis of these pieces of work was operationalised…