Defining and Operationalizing the Phenomena of Recovery: A Working Definition from the Recovery Science Research Collaborative

Defining and Operationalizing the Phenomena of Recovery: A Working Definition from the Recovery Science Research Collaborative

The Recovery Science Research Collaborative (RSRC), an interdisciplinary bi-annual collaboration among recovery researchers and professionals from across the country, sought to address the definition of recovery at the inaugural meeting in December 2017 at Kennesaw State University. The RSRC undertook this task with the primary goal of defining “recovery” for use in research – aiming to create a consensus definition that allows recovery to be clearly operationalized and effectively investigated.

Proposed citation: Ashford, R., Brown, A., Brown, T., Callis, J., Cleveland, H., Eisenhart, E., et al. (2019). Defining and operationalizing the phenomena of recovery: a working definition from the recovery science research collaborative. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-10. DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2018.1515352