AUTHOR=Boggian Ileana , Lamonaca Dario , Ghisi Marta , Bottesi Gioia , Svettini Alessandro , Basso Luigi , Bernardelli Katia , Merlin Silvia , Liberman Robert Paul ,  S.I.R. 2 group , Boggian Ileana , Lamonaca Dario , Maniscalco Tommaso , Merlin Silvia , Barbieri Laura , Bernardelli Katia , Boggian Anna , Palmieri Alessandra , Menegazzi Claudia , Dal Cero Chiara , Gabriella Piccione , Saggioro  , Balanikas Sotirios , Svettini Alessandro , Zambelli Petra , Bridi Silvia , Doimo Sabrina , Basso Luigi , Tovazzi Roberto , Sabatelli Riccardo , Parma Andrea , Cuccato Gianfranco , Capani Alessandra , Balboni Luca , Baggio Alexandra , Stefani Mario Degli , Mannu Josè , Musillo Raffaella , Brazzale Ruggero , Garbo Barbara , Zanolini Stefano , Andolfo Laura , Belfontali Alessandra , Rodofile Ileana , Tessari Roberta , Geremia Jessica , Franceschi Flavio , Lizza Laura , Montagnoli Jennifer , Veltro Franco , Barrea Antonio , Pica Alessia , Pontarelli Irene , Semisa Domenico , Fracchiolla Patrizia , Lerario Anna Maria , Campana Stefania , Durante Mariella , Peloso Paolo , Polimo Alessandra , Gotelli Simona , Valentini Lucia , Marinozzi Lorenza , Benintende Stefania , Frova Maria , Rossi Giuseppe , Rossi Roberta , Signorini Giulia , Maffullo Filomena , Perna Giampaolo , Vanni Giovanna , Caldirola Daniela , Micieli Wilma , Motta Achille , Pinti Maddalena , Noseda Paola , Piazza Chiara , Panozzo Fabrizio , Leardini Debora , Nigro Pietro , Clemente Paola , De Donatis Tiziana , Moramarco Marialisa , Rossi Enrica Miriam , Bui Vanda , Aldi Flavia , Palomba Ugo , Corrivetti Giulio , Martino Carmine , Pinto Gaetano , Lapenna Maria Rosaria , De Giorgi Serafino , Calò Paola , Viola Massimo , Mengoli Fabiola , Tondi Irene , Fontana Maria P. 

TITLE=“The Italian Study on Recovery 2” Phase 1: Psychometric Properties of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS), Italian Validation of the Recovery Assessment Scale

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01000

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01000

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=Background
Recovery is related to the idea of developing personal potentials and regaining a valid social role even with limitations caused by mental illness. A whole understanding of this subjective and dynamic process is still difficult, and instruments are needed in order to test out the recovery process, which are still only marginally used in our country. 
Aims
The Italian Study on Recovery is the first study aimed at confirming the validity of the Italian version of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS), an instrument developed with the goal of detecting recovery among patients.
Method	
This multicentric research involved several Mental Health Services from various parts of Italy. The first phase of the study consisted in the administration of the Italian translation of RAS, previously used in a pilot study conducted in 2009. RAS was administered to 219 patients diagnosed with psychosis,  whose mental disorder lasted for at least five years.
Results
Findings supported the good psychometric properties of the Italian version of RAS, demonstrating its capability of identifying patients matching the “in recovery” operational criteria. 
Conclusions
	In consideration of the results highlighting the good psychometric properties of RAS, the present study may contribute to the diffusion of instruments to be included in Mental Health Service planning in the Italian context, in order to start a recovery-oriented transformation.