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With the increasing prominence of the notions of “recovery” and “recovery-oriented practice,” practitioners, program managers, and system leaders are increasingly asking about the relationship between “evidence-based practices” and recovery. After reviewing the concepts of recovery from mental illness, being in recovery with a mental illness, recovery-oriented care, and evidence-based medicine, the authors argue for a complementary relationship between recovery and evidence-based practices. This relationship is neither simple nor straightforward, but results in a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts through which each element benefits from the influence of the other.
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Davidson, L., Drake, R.E., Schmutte, T. et al. Oil and Water or Oil and Vinegar? Evidence-Based Medicine Meets Recovery. Community Ment Health J 45, 323–332 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9228-1
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