Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Mar 7, 2019). DOI:10.1037/prj0000356 Objective: Recovery, defined as a personal process of living with mental illness, has become a prominent concept in mental health care. We aimed to map the state of the art of conceptualizing recovery, its promoting and impeding factors, recovery-oriented practice, and the assessment of recovery.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.