Robert L. Booker

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Schizophrenia Bulletin Overlap and Mutual Distinctions Between Clinical Recovery and Personal Recovery in People With Schizophrenia in a One-Year Study Robert Booker Peer Support Specialist in Recovery  Additional article information Associated Data Supplementary Materials Abstract Recovery is a multidimensional construct that can be defined either from a clinical perspective or from a consumer-focused one, as a self-broadening process aimed at living a meaningful life beyond mental illness. We aimed to longitudinally examine the overlap and mutual distinctions between clinical and personal recovery. Of 1239 people with schizophrenia consecutively recruited from the FondaMental Advanced Centers of Expertise for SZ network, the 507 present at one-year did not differ from those lost to follow-up. Clinical recovery was defined as the combination of clinical remission and functional remission. Personal recovery was defined as being in the rebuilding or in the growth stage of the Stages...

We all have needs. Of course, we are living beings. There are our basic needs (like water, food, air, etc.) There are desires which we sometimes confuse as needs, like do you really need that car? And then there are needs that we can’t see. The needs within the depths of our souls. These are the needs that guide us. And these are the needs that make us grow as human beings and more importantly as spiritual beings. Which you are. An amazing spiritual being. We all want to be our most authentic selves. We crave it. You know how whenever you’re somewhere you don’t want to be? Does your body start to ache? You get uncomfortable? And it’s not a reassuring discomfort where you think you’ll grow, but rather a what am I doing here? That when you realize that there’s more to life and there’s more to your life than doing the things you don’t want to do. Of course, we can’t all of a sudden do everything all at once and grow immediately. Growth is a process that happens day-by-day. The more you r...

We are worthy and loved by God Robert Booker Peer Support Specialist

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

We all have needs. Of course, we are living beings. There are our basic needs (like water, food, air, etc.) There are desires which we sometimes confuse as needs, like do you really need that car? And then there are needs that we can’t see. The needs within the depths of our souls. These are the needs that guide us. And these are the needs that make us grow as human beings and more importantly as spiritual beings. Which you are. An amazing spiritual being. We all want to be our most authentic selves. We crave it. You know how whenever you’re somewhere you don’t want to be? Does your body start to ache? You get uncomfortable? And it’s not a reassuring discomfort where you think you’ll grow, but rather a what am I doing here? That when you realize that there’s more to life and there’s more to your life than doing the things you don’t want to do. Of course, we can’t all of a sudden do everything all at once and grow immediately. Growth is a process that happens day-by-day. The more ...

We all have needs. Of course, we are living beings. There are our basic needs (like water, food, air, etc.) There are desires which we sometimes confuse as needs, like do you really need that car? And then there are needs that we can’t see. The needs within the depths of our souls. These are the needs that guide us. And these are the needs that make us grow as human beings and more importantly as spiritual beings. Which you are. An amazing spiritual being. We all want to be our most authentic selves. We crave it. You know how whenever you’re somewhere you don’t want to be? Does your body start to ache? You get uncomfortable? And it’s not a reassuring discomfort where you think you’ll grow, but rather a what am I doing here? That when you realize that there’s more to life and there’s more to your life than doing the things you don’t want to do. Of course, we can’t all of a sudden do everything all at once and grow immediately. Growth is a process that happens day-by-day. The more ...