What is recovery? A conceptual model and explication

This paper describes a conceptual model of recovery from mental illness dev eloped to aid the state of Wisconsin in moving toward its goal of developin g a "recovery-oriented" mental health system. Im the model, recovery refers to both internal conditions experienced by persons who describe themselves as being in recovery-hope, healing, empowerment, and connection-and extern al conditions that facilitate recovery-implementation of the principle of h uman lights, a positive culture of healing, and recovery-oriented services. The aim of tile model is to link the abstract concepts that define recover y with specific strategies that systems, agencies, and individuals can use to facilitate it.