 Basic tenets of the recovery movement include hope, engagement, supporting self-efficacy, and the dignity of risk  Treatment providers should take a consultative, rather than directive, role in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses; fewer appointments, and more walk- in availability  Note that recovery is not a synonym for symptom remission; consumers can be symptomatic and still participate in society  The role of any health care intervention is to shift the odds in your favor; ownership of outcomes cannot rest solely on health care providers  Psychiatric illness associated with increased mortality (life expectancy in your 50s), even when suicide excluded; so…what are we doing?
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