1. 'The Italian Study on Recovery 2' Phase 1: Psychometric Properties of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS), Italian Validation of the Recovery Assessment Scale
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Ileana Boggian, Dario Lamonaca, Marta Ghisi, Gioia Bottesi, Alessandro Svettini, Luigi Basso, Katia Bernardelli, Silvia Merlin, Robert Paul Liberman, S.I.R. 2 group, Tommaso Maniscalco, Laura Barbieri, Anna Boggian, Alessandra Palmieri, Claudia Menegazzi, Chiara Dal Cero, Piccione Gabriella, Saggioro, Sotirios Balanikas, Petra Zambelli, Silvia Bridi, Sabrina Doimo, Roberto Tovazzi, Riccardo Sabatelli, Andrea Parma, Gianfranco Cuccato, Alessandra Capani, Luca Balboni, Alexandra Baggio, Mario Degli Stefani, Josè Mannu, Raffaella Musillo, Ruggero Brazzale, Barbara Garbo, Stefano Zanolini, Laura Andolfo, Alessandra Belfontali, Ileana Rodofile, Roberta Tessari, Jessica Geremia, Flavio Franceschi, Laura Lizza, Jennifer Montagnoli, Franco Veltro, Antonio Barrea, Alessia Pica, Irene Pontarelli, Domenico Semisa, Patrizia Fracchiolla, Anna Maria Lerario, Stefania Campana, Mariella Durante, Paolo Peloso, Alessandra Polimo, Simona Gotelli, Lucia Valentini, Lorenza Marinozzi, Stefania Benintende, Maria Frova, Giuseppe Rossi, Roberta Rossi, Giulia Signorini, Filomena Maffullo, Giampaolo Perna, Giovanna Vanni, Daniela Caldirola, Wilma Micieli, Achille Motta, Maddalena Pinti, Paola Noseda, Chiara Piazza, Fabrizio Panozzo, Debora Leardini, Pietro Nigro, Paola Clemente, Tiziana De Donatis, Marialisa Moramarco, Enrica Miriam Rossi, Vanda Bui, Flavia Aldi, Ugo Palomba, Giulio Corrivetti, Carmine Martino, Gaetano Pinto, Maria Rosaria Lapenna, Serafino De Giorgi, Paola Calò, Massimo Viola, Fabiola Mengoli, Irene Tondi, and Maria P. Fontana
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Recovery Assessment Scale ,validation ,recovery ,Study on Recovery ,Psychometric Properties of the R.A.S ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
BackgroundThe achievement of recovery is related to the notion of developing personal potential and restoring a legitimate social role, even against the backdrop of mental illness limitations. It is still difficult to fully understand this highly subjective and dynamic process. Therefore, in order to test the recovery process, specific tools, still only marginally used in our country, are needed.AimsThe Italian Study on Recovery is the first study aimed at confirming the validity of the Italian version of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS), an instrument developed with the goal of detecting recovery among patients.MethodThis multicentric research involved several Mental Health Services from various parts of Italy. The first phase of the study consisted in the administration of the Italian translation of RAS, previously used in a pilot study conducted in 2009. RAS was administered to 219 patients diagnosed with psychosis, whose mental disorder lasted for at least 5 years.ResultsFindings supported the good psychometric properties of the Italian version of RAS, demonstrating its capability of identifying patients matching the “in recovery” operational criteria.ConclusionsIn consideration of the results highlighting the good psychometric properties of RAS, the present study may contribute to the diffusion of instruments to be included in Mental Health Service planning in the Italian context, in order to start a recovery-oriented transformation.
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- 2020
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