AUTHOR=Boggian Ileana , Lamonaca Dario , Ghisi Marta , Bottesi Gioia , Svettini Alessandro , Basso Luigi , Bernardelli Katia , Merlin Silvia , Liberman Robert Paul , S.I.R. 2 group , Boggian Ileana , Lamonaca Dario , Maniscalco Tommaso , Merlin Silvia , Barbieri Laura , Bernardelli Katia , Boggian Anna , Palmieri Alessandra , Menegazzi Claudia , Dal Cero Chiara , Gabriella Piccione , Saggioro , Balanikas Sotirios , Svettini Alessandro , Zambelli Petra , Bridi Silvia , Doimo Sabrina , Basso Luigi , Tovazzi Roberto , Sabatelli Riccardo , Parma Andrea , Cuccato Gianfranco , Capani Alessandra , Balboni Luca , Baggio Alexandra , Stefani Mario Degli , Mannu Josè , Musillo Raffaella , Brazzale Ruggero , Garbo Barbara , Zanolini Stefano , Andolfo Laura , Belfontali Alessandra , Rodofile Ileana , Tessari Roberta , Geremia Jessica , Franceschi Flavio , Lizza Laura , Montagnoli Jennifer , Veltro Franco , Barrea Antonio , Pica Alessia , Pontarelli Irene , Semisa Domenico , Fracchiolla Patrizia , Lerario Anna Maria , Campana Stefania , Durante Mariella , Peloso Paolo , Polimo Alessandra , Gotelli Simona , Valentini Lucia , Marinozzi Lorenza , Benintende Stefania , Frova Maria , Rossi Giuseppe , Rossi Roberta , Signorini Giulia , Maffullo Filomena , Perna Giampaolo , Vanni Giovanna , Caldirola Daniela , Micieli Wilma , Motta Achille , Pinti Maddalena , Noseda Paola , Piazza Chiara , Panozzo Fabrizio , Leardini Debora , Nigro Pietro , Clemente Paola , De Donatis Tiziana , Moramarco Marialisa , Rossi Enrica Miriam , Bui Vanda , Aldi Flavia , Palomba Ugo , Corrivetti Giulio , Martino Carmine , Pinto Gaetano , Lapenna Maria Rosaria , De Giorgi Serafino , Calò Paola , Viola Massimo , Mengoli Fabiola , Tondi Irene , Fontana Maria P. TITLE=“The Italian Study on Recovery 2” Phase 1: Psychometric Properties of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS), Italian Validation of the Recovery Assessment Scale JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry VOLUME=10 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01000 DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01000 ISSN=1664-0640 ABSTRACT=Background

The 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.

Aims

The 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.

Method

This 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.

Results

Findings supported the good psychometric properties of the Italian version of RAS, demonstrating its capability of identifying patients matching the “in recovery” operational criteria.

Conclusions

In 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.