39 Clinical and personal recovery, a meta-analysis Because only a few studies were found on the link between symptom severity and empowerment and between general functioning and personal recovery, the results on these subjects must be interpreted with caution. Conclusion Overall, the association between clinical and personal recovery is small to medium. Our meta-analysis shows that symptom severity only partially explains personal recovery. Moreover, psychotic symptoms are moderately associated with personal recovery, while affective symptoms are more closely linked to personal recovery. Therefore, clinical and personal recovery need their own attention in treatment and outcome monitoring of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, with a special focus on the interaction between affective symptoms and personal recovery. Funding No external funding or financial resources have been used for this project. Conflict of interest statement The authors have declared that there are no conflicts of interest in relation to the subject of this study. Contributions All authors contributed to conceptualization of the study. RVE performed the search and extracted the data. RVE and FS performed the analysis. RVE drafted the manuscript. AV, FS and LdH supervised the design and writing. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript. Publication statement This chapter has been published as an article by Oxford University Press: https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx088 2
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