Does anybody know the differences?
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I don’t know the official definition. I think Remission is when your symptoms have subsided with the help of meds. Recovery from something would mean you don’t need any treatment anymore.
I think in either case, diagnosing mental illness is a moving target. People are fluid and tend to fluctuate with time and changing conditions. And doctors are learning more as knowledge/understanding grows.
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This makes sense. Thank you for your response @Coldcomfort.
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See Can adults recover from a first episode of psychosis? for some definitions.
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Thank you. I already read that article.
I meant the thread.
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I don’t think there’s an “official” definition. It depends on who is doing the defining. In research, recovery is operationalized in different ways. The DSM and ICD do, as far as I know, not define recovery. There is a code in the ICD for remission, however. But remission and recovery do not necessarily mean the same thing.
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So your saying they have a code to put you into the diagnosis but there’s no code to get out of it?
They only have codes for illnesses, not the lack of illnesses. It’s not anything sinister. If you recover, they just write that you’ve recovered.
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Your right why would anyone consider it sinister.
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