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Issue 3 - September 2025

Clinical Recovery, Personal Recovery and Quality of Life in people affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders; problems and reciprocal relationships. A narrative review

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Bernardo Carpiniello , Mirko Manchia , Pasquale Paribello , Federica Pinna

Key words: recovery, schizophrenia, review
Publication Date: 2025-11-05

Abstract

In recent years, Clinical Recovery, Personal Recovery and subjective Quality of Life have emerged as the most frequently used measures of outcome for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. However, how and to what extent these constructs are related to each other remains a matter of debate. The apparent distinctive nature of both Clinical and Personal Recovery has been substantially confirmed by small/medium mean weighted inverse correlation coefficients between the parameters of personal and clinical recovery. The construct of subjective quality of life appears to be more closely correlated to personal than clinical recovery, ostensibly representing one of the stronger mediators in the reciprocal relationship between personal and clinical recovery.

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Bernardo Carpiniello - Dept. of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari and Clinical Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital Trust Cagliari, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5385-7871

Mirko Manchia - Dept. of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari and Clinical Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital Trust Cagliari, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4175-6413

Pasquale Paribello - Department of Medical Science and Public Health University of Cagliari and Clinical Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital Trust Cagliari, Italy

Federica Pinna - Dept. of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari and Clinical Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital Trust Cagliari, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3108-9509

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Carpiniello, B., Manchia, M., Paribello, P., & Pinna, F. (2025). Clinical Recovery, Personal Recovery and Quality of Life in people affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders; problems and reciprocal relationships. A narrative review. Italian Journal of Psychiatry, 11(3). Retrieved from https://www.italianjournalofpsychiatry.it/article/view/1401
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