Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing disorder that, whilst initially driven by
activation of brain reward neurocircuits, increasingly engages anti-reward neurocircuits that …

The objective of this article is to provide an operational definition of recovery from alcohol
use disorder (AUD) to facilitate the consistency of research on recovery and stimulate further …

A number of definitions exist for the concept of “recovery” in both the substance use disorder
(SUD) and mental health (MH) fields. Previous attempts to define recovery have not reached …

Even with great advances in behavioral health policy in the last decade, the problems of
mental illness and addiction persist in the United States—so more needs to be done. In this …

Objective: Although recovery increasingly guides substance use disorder services and
policy, definitions of recovery continue to lack specificity, thereby hindering measure …

Abstract Introduction and Aims Sociological work on social capital and its impact on health
behaviours have been translated into the addiction field in the form of 'recovery capital'as the …

Background Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment and recovery research typically have
focused narrowly on changes in alcohol/drug use (eg,“percent days abstinent”) with little …

This study explored the role of social network and social identity factors in recovery from
addiction. The sample consisted of 537 individuals who completed a survey about their …

Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly recognized as central to the broad
construct of recovery in patients with substance use disorders (SUD). However, few …

Recovery from substance use disorders can be an arduous, lengthy process, yet there exist
few interventions specifically designed to make recovery more reinforcing. This single-group …