Late-life depressive disorder, occurring in those over the age of 60 years, is common, affecting over 9% of people living in the community (Beekman 1999; McDougall 2007) and 25% of those living in institutions (McDougall 2007). It is associated with reduced quality of life and high morbidity (Alexopoulos 2009a; Volicer 2012). It has a detrimental impact on recovery from physical illness (patien...

AIMS To examine the role of abstinence from gambling versus controlled gambling in recovery from pathological gambling (PG) in a community-based survey. DESIGN Individuals with a life-time history of PG identified in a community-based survey were divided into three groups based on their current levels of PG symptoms. These three groups were compared to each other on their past-year gambling i...

AIM   This paper reports a study to develop a grounded theory to explain the experience of recovery following surgery for colorectal cancer. BACKGROUND   Studies have adopted a biomedical framework to measure quality of life and symptom distress following surgery for colorectal cancer. These studies suggest that symptoms of pain, insomnia and fatigue, may persist for many months following tre...

The environmental factors are receiving increasing attention in different life cycle stages of products. When a product reaches its End-Of-Life EOL stage, the management of its recovery process is affected by the environmental and also economical factors. Selecting efficient methods for the collection and recovery of EOL products has become an important issue. The European Union Directive 2000/...

This article is a qualitative investigation of the subjective experience of recovery from the perspective of persons living with schizophrenia-related disorders. An NIMH-sponsored ethnographic study of community outpatient clinics was completed for 90 persons taking second-generation antipsychotic medications. Research diagnostic criteria and clinical ratings were obtained in tandem with an ant...

The profitability of electronic waste (e-waste) recovery operations is quite challenging due to various sources of uncertainties in the quantity, quality, and timing of returns originating from consumers’ behavior. The cloud-based remanufacturing concept, data collection, and information tracking technologies seem promising solutions toward the proper collection and recovery of product life cyc...

Few studies have explored how peer-run hospital diversion services can contribute to consumers' perceptions of care and recovery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a peer-run hospital diversion program (PRHDP) on mental health consumers' recovery; to compare the consumers' experience of environment, services, and staff with a non-peer-run acute inpatient program (NPRIP); t...

Recovery is a process by which an individual recovers their self-esteem, dreams, self-worth, pride, choice, dignity and meaning. This paper discusses these issues, as well as offering suggestions on how clinicians and the system can help support the process. Recovery is about treating the whole person, identifying their strengths, instilling hope, and helping them to function at an optimal leve...

BACKGROUND Heart valve disease is becoming a public health problem due to increasing life expectancy and new treatment methods. Patients are at risk of developing depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder after heart valve surgery. To better plan proper care, describing and understanding patients' perception of recovery after heart valve replacement is essential. The objective was t...

BACKGROUND There is a current and pressing need for recovery resources for individuals suffering from eating disorders. Mentoring programs have been useful with other psychiatric disorders such as addictions, and may be useful for individuals recovering from an eating disorder. The present study sought to examine a mentoring program for individuals working towards recovery from an eating disord...