The Relationship Between Personal Recovery and Experienced Loneliness, Discrimination or Neighborhood Unsafety in Patients With a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

Auke Jelsma, Marieke van der Pluijm, Menno Segeren, Astrid Vellinga, Henriëtte Heering, Annet van Bergen, Martijn Kikkert, Mariken de Koning, Lieuwe de Haan

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Published online on April 10, 2026

Abstract

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Background:Personal recovery for patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) is a process of finding meaning in life after being confronted with psychiatric symptoms. Currently, not much is known about the impact of patients’ living environments ...