The Handbook of Recovery Capital: Understanding the Science and Practice

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Lorana Bartels (Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences) Matthew Belanger (University of Stirling)

The Handbook of Recovery Capital

Understanding the Science and Practice

Lorana Bartels (Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences), Matthew Belanger (University of Stirling), Jessica Best (Recovery Outcomes Institute) , Ana-Maria Bliuc (University of Dundee)

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Bristol University Press
08 May 2025

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse

This book brings together all the key evidence on recovery capital measurement and its application. It offers a clear and accessible overview of the development of the strengths-based approach in addressing behavioural health issues and quantifying and measuring recovery capital, along with the evidence base for this approach.

The book sets out the proven benefits of this approach

to measuring and bolstering addiction recovery, demonstrating the impact of the approach in improving the quality of services available to people at different stages of their recovery journey, making it the 'go to' book on this topic for researchers, policy makers, practitioners and people in recovery.

Contributions by: Lorana Bartels (Australian National University Research School of Social Sciences), Matthew Belanger (University of Stirling), Jessica Best (Recovery Outcomes Institute), Ana-Maria Bliuc (University of Dundee), Elizabeth Bowen (University of Buffalo)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529240283
ISBN 10: 152924028X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 08 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Foreword: The history of recovery capital – William White Introduction: What is recovery capital? – David Best 1. From social capital to recovery capital – Robert Granfield 2. Recovery capital as an explanatory model for change and growth – Emily Hennessy and John Kelly 3. Initial attempts at quantification of the concept of recovery capital – David Best, William White and Lauren Hoffman 4. What are the dimensions of recovery capital? – Elizabeth Bowen and Emily Hennessy 5. What is community capital and how does it build recovery capital? – David Best, Beth Collinson and David Patton 6. What is the role of specialist treatment services in building recovery capital? – Wouter Vanderplasschen 7. The evolution of metrics and measurement: Recovery capital scales – Adela Bunaciu, Matt Belanger, Ana-Maria Bliuc and Arun Sondhi 8. Recovery capital science to date: Achievements and limitations – Tim Leighton 9. Recovery capital in practice: using recovery capital in policy and practice – Reed Yarwood, Jessica Best, Amy Mericle + VARR 10. Justice capital and applications in other domains and areas Sharynne Hamilton(?) and Lorana Bartels 11. Future directions and applications in the science and practice of recovery capital – Robert Ashford 12. Conclusion – David Best, Maike Klein and Lisa Webster

David Best is Director of the Centre for Addiction Recovery Research at Leeds Trinity University. Emily A. Hennessy is Associate Director of Biostatistics at the Recovery Research Institute, Associate Director of the National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment and Recovery, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Reviews for The Handbook of Recovery Capital: Understanding the Science and Practice

“This deftly sequenced collection by brilliant authors crosses new frontiers. The promise of recovery capital theory and community practice for recovery is richly developed. This book is an indispensable reference for scholars of addictions and of macro problems that demand development of community recovery capital.’’ John Braithwaite, Australian National University