Five Stages of Psychological Recovery
There are clear parallels between the findings of these qualitative studies. They identified from two to four superordinate steps, phases or stages, with the initial and/or final stages not being represented in all the studies. Although the phases and stages of the different studies overlap to some extent, there is a recognizable pattern to the findings, which can be conceptualized as a five-stage model of recovery.
Table 2.2 shows the five stages of our model, and how they relate to the findings of each of the studies (Andresen, Oades and Caputi, 2003). The left-hand column shows the names we have given to the stages of the model.
There are clear parallels between the findings of these qualitative studies. They identified from two to four superordinate steps, phases or stages, with the initial and/or final stages not being represented in all the studies. Although the phases and stages of the different studies overlap to some extent, there is a recognizable pattern to the findings, which can be conceptualized as a five-stage model of recovery.
Table 2.2 shows the five stages of our model, and how they relate to the findings of each of the studies (Andresen, Oades and Caputi, 2003). The left-hand column shows the names we have given to the stages of the model.
