Does that mean you are recovered?
The lived experience of recovery is often emphasized as a process, and views of outcome or endpoint are often less favoured by mental health consumers.
Researchers and managers, however, are often more interested in outcomes. Given that the stage model of psychological recovery has five stages, it could be said that reaching the Growth stage is the endpoint or the outcome. There are two issues to consider here. First, the Growth stage is a dynamic stage, that is, it involves ongoing striving for goals and purpose in line with core values – in the same way psychological well-being is indicated by purpose, growth and autonomy. It is not an endpoint, but an ongoing direction. Qualitatively, however, it is different than
previous stages.
