Barriers to Recovery and Recommendations for 
Change: The Pennsylvania Consensus Conference on Psychiatry's Role

Joseph A. Rogers, A.A., Michael J. Vergare, M.D., 
Richard C. Baron, M.A. and Mark S. Salzer, Ph.D.

OBJECTIVE: Recovery has emerged over the past 
decade as a dominant theme in public mental 
health care. METHODS: The 2006 Pennsylvania 
Consensus Conference brought together 24 
community psychiatrists to explore the barriers 
they experienced in promoting recovery and their 
recommendations for change. RESULTS: Twelve 
barriers were identified and classified into one 
of three categories: psychiatry knowledge, roles, 
and training; the need to transform public mental 
health systems and services; and environmental 
barriers to opportunity. Participants made 22 
recommendations to address these barriers through 
changes in policies, programs, and psychiatric 
knowledge and practice. CONCLUSIONS: The 
recommendations identify areas for change that 
can be accomplished through individual 
psychiatrist action and organized group efforts.

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Psychiatr Serv 58:1119-1123, August 2007
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.58.8.1119
© 2007 
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