The Addiction and Recovery Capital Reader
Understanding the Science and Practice of ReCap Models and Measurement
Edited by David Best and Emily Hennessy
Published
Apr 1, 2025Page count
288 pagesISBN
978-1529240283Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Apr 1, 2025Page count
288 pagesISBN
978-1529240276Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Apr 1, 2025Page count
288 pagesISBN
978-1529240290Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
The Addiction and Recovery Capital Reader
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.
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.
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
