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Reminder. Mental Illness is not a "dysfunctional" coping skill. Substance use is a coping skill not limited to those with a mental illness. Just like not all folks with diabetes are addicted to sugar. Just think about it.

-Bea Calvo

{{Short description|Mental health focused on recovery}}

The '''recovery model''', '''recovery approach''' or '''psychological recovery''' is an approach to [[mental disorder]] or [[substance dependence]] that emphasizes and supports a person's potential for recovery. Recovery is generally seen in this model as a personal [[quest|journey]] rather than a set outcome, and one that may involve developing [[hope]], a secure base and sense of self, supportive [[interpersonal relationship|relationships]], [[empowerment]], [[social inclusion]], [[Coping (psychology)|coping skills]], and [[value (personal and cultural)|meaning]].<ref>{{cite journal|title="I'm in this world for a reason": Resilience and recovery among American Indian and Alaska Native two-spirit women|journal = Journal of Lesbian Studies|first1=Jessica H. L.|last1=Elm|first2=Jordan P.|last2=Lewis|first3=Karina L.|last3=Walters|first4=Jen M.|last4=Self|date=1 October 2016|volume=20|issue=3–4|pages=352–371|doi=10.1080/10894160.2016.1152813|pmid=27254761|pmc = 6424359}}</ref> Recovery sees symptoms as a continuum of the norm rather than an aberration and rejects sane-insane dichotomy.