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44AbstractThe consumer-driven recovery movement and <strong>in</strong>formed shared decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g(SDM) are of central contemporary <strong>in</strong>terest for quality improvement <strong>in</strong> mentalhealth <strong>in</strong>terventions and services. SDM is be<strong>in</strong>g advocated as a promis<strong>in</strong>g healthcare reform paradigm for the improvement of mental health services via recognitionand provision of support for consumers to be equal partners with their health careproviders <strong>in</strong> health-related decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g. This paper reviews SDM def<strong>in</strong>itions,research, and practice <strong>in</strong> relation to SDM <strong>in</strong> the mental health care and recoveryprocess. A small but <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g number of studies provide evidence of consumer<strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> and favorable outcomes of SDM <strong>in</strong> the mental health care context, butSDM is not widely and fully implemented <strong>in</strong> practice. There is an urgency that exists<strong>in</strong> implement<strong>in</strong>g practices that are consistent with and supportive of consumerrecovery, with<strong>in</strong> additional research to describe and test the effects of SDM <strong>in</strong> mentalhealth contexts, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g that of diverse populations.<strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong>:Practice, Research, and Future Directions

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