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DISCOVERING HOPE FOR RECOVERY (CJCMH 21(3)) DISCOVERING HOPE FOR RECOVERY 1PIERS ALLOTTUniversity of Wolverhampton LINDA LOGANATHAN Mental Health Recovery Educator K.W.M. (BILL) FULFORD Universities of Warwick and University of Oxford Cite as: Allott, P., Loganathan, L. and Fulford, K.W.M. (2002). Discovering hope for recovery: a review of a selection of recovery literature, implications for practice and systems change in Lurie, S., McCubbin, M., & Dallaire, B. (Eds.). International innovations in community mental health [special issue]. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 21(3). ABSTRACT The concept of recovery and recovery oriented services and practices are well advanced in some parts of the world, particularly in the US and New Zealand. This paper provides a review of the literature upon which hope for recovery is based, and explores the concept in the UK context, where it is now gaining recognition. In so doing, it identifies the background to the development of a consciousness of the possibility of recovery (both with and without mental health services support) and addresses the issues raised by the self-fulfilling concept of chronicity. It further examines the questions of measuring recovery and understanding recovery as a process or goal. It then goes on to identify themes within recovery literature and research, and to focus on recovery skills and self-care strategies for people diagnosed with schizophrenia, ...