# Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation: is there a relationship between them? - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k2038 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation: is there a relationship between them? | WCP 2026 Summary > Although recovery and rehabilitation are distinct conceptual frameworks, they are not mutually exclusive; mental health systems as a whole should be recovery-o… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k2038) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. Plenary Session and Distinguished LectureStigma and RecoveryReview / Opinion # Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation: is there a relationship between them? Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation: is there a relationship? Presenter: Marianne Farkas Country: United States of America Session: 4280 - PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: CHALLENGES FOR PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION Date: Sat, 26.09.2026, 09:30 - 09:45 Room: Victoria Hall Although recovery and rehabilitation are distinct conceptual frameworks, they are not mutually exclusive; mental health systems as a whole should be recovery-oriented, and rehabilitation should make its own unique contribution to this goal. The talk examines the relationship between recovery and rehabilitation, concepts often used interchangeably in mental health, and why this relationship remains an unresolved issue. Although psychiatric rehabilitation has roots in the antipsychiatry tradition of the 1970s, it developed alongside social and community psychiatry in the mid-twentieth century; it emphasizes skill development, environmental supports, and the attainment of self-defined social roles, even in the presence of ongoing disability, through a structured, outcome-focused process. It is noted that although rehabilitation is intended to be collaborative, its practice can sometimes become expert-led rather than partnership-based. The concept of recovery, by contrast, emerged most strongly from the consumer, survivor, and ex-patient movements and centers on personal agency and the pursuit of a meaningful life, again regardless of whether symptoms or disability persist. While rehabilitation asks what meaningful role and setting a person wishes to attain over the next 6 to 24 months, recovery asks what kind of meaningful life the person wishes to lead. The presentation maps the conceptual terrain of these two orientations and discusses practical, values-based approaches to integration, drawing on the North American experience. How to cite this study APA 7: Farkas, M., et al. (2026, September 26). Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation: is there a relationship? [Keynote address]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Farkas M, et al. Recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation: is there a relationship? [keynote address]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Author names and title formatting were generated automatically from the congress system; please check them against the original poster before use. ## On the same topic - [Kendinizi yazın: dışavurumcu sanatlar ve kendi öykünüzü paylaşma yoluyla iyileşme](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0129) - [Akıl hastanesi arşivlerinden yaratıcı bir alana: art brut mirası ve toplumsal içerme, ARTESPIDA projesi](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0137) - [Sanat ile psikiyatri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi: 19. yüzyıldan günümüze iki Portekiz psikiyatri hastanesi örneği](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0139) - [Bir hastadan bir sanatçıya](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0143) - [Şili'de otizmli yetişkinlerde kurumsal damgalanma ve sağlık hizmetlerine erişim](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0156) [All WCP 2026 summaries](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k2038 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim