Recovery Paradigm Research Articles

Closed-Loop Direct Upcycling of Spent Ni-Rich Layered Cathodes into High-Voltage Cathode Materials.

Facing the resource and environmental pressures brought by the retiring wave of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), direct recycling methods are considered to be the next generation's solution. However, the contradiction between limited battery life and the demand for rapidly iterating technology forces the direct recovery paradigm to shift toward "direct upcycling." Herein, a closed-loop direct upcycling strategy that converts waste current collector debris into dopants is proposed, and a highly inclusive eutectic molten salt system is utilized to repair structural defects in degraded polycrystalline LiNi0.83Co0.12Mn0.05O2 cathodes while achieving single-crystallization transformation and introducing Al/Cu dual-doping. Upcycled materials can effectively overcome the two key challenges at high voltages: strain accumulation and lattice oxygen evolution. It exhibits comprehensive electrochemical performance far superior to commercial materials at 4.6V, especially its fast charging capability at 15C, and an impressive 91.1% capacity retention after 200 cycles in a 1.2Ah pouch cell. Importantly, this approach demonstrates broad applicability to various spent layered cathodes, particularly showcasing its value in the recycling of mixed spent cathodes. This work effectively bridges the gap between waste management and material performance enhancement, offering a sustainable path for the recycling of spent LIBs and the production of next-generation high-voltage cathodes.

Deciphering recovery paradigms: Foam rolling's impact on DOMS and lactate dynamics in elite volleyball athletes

This study examines the effects of Self-Myofascial Release (SMR) techniques on post-exercise recovery in elite volleyball athletes. Through a controlled investigation involving eighteen Chinese Men's National Volleyball Team athletes, the research assessed the impact of foam rolling (FR) versus passive recovery (PAS) on blood lactate clearance and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), as measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores. Findings indicated that FR significantly reduces VAS scores and facilitates lactate clearance when compared to PAS, suggesting foam rolling may enhance post-exercise recovery. While confirming foam rolling's benefits, this research calls for further exploration into recovery mechanisms, emphasizing a cautious interpretation of foam rolling as part of a comprehensive recovery strategy.

The contribution of self-disclosure as a personal and interpersonal characteristic within the couple relationship to recovery from posttraumatic stress.

Much research has been conducted on the clinical course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), from the perspective of viewing it as a chronic disorder. In the present study, however, we propose viewing PTSD via the recovery paradigm, based on the sociointerpersonal model for understanding posttrauma, which offers a holistic and multidimensional definition of recovery and prognosis (Maercker & Horn, 2013). Specifically, the contribution to recovery of both self-disclosure as a personality trait and self-disclosure of traumatic experiences within the couple relationship were examined. Posttraumatic distress levels and perception of the response following self-disclosure in the couple relationship were examined as mediating variables. The study population included 180 participants between the ages of 20-71 who had been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lives. The study findings revealed that people with a high propensity for self-disclosure and more self-disclosure in the couple relationship had higher levels of personal recovery. The level of posttraumatic distress mediated the relation between self-disclosure in the couple relationship and the perception of recovery. Only the perception of a positive response following exposure of trauma in the couple relationship was a mediator in the association between self-disclosure of traumatic experiences in the couple relationship and recovery. The study indicates the importance of communication regarding the traumatic event in general, and with reference to the perception of the response to the exposure itself. In addition, the study contributes to broadening the recovery paradigm regarding PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Supported employment as a global mental health intervention.

The global health community has recognized that social determinants of health account for most of the inequities of health outcomes, including mental health outcomes, across and within countries. Strategies to overcome such inequities must focus on modifiable social factors. In this viewpoint, we argue for the preeminence of employment among social determinants of mental health for several reasons. People with mental health disabilities want to work, and a well-validated model of supported employment that is effective and cost-effective now exists. Employment leads to improvements in income, daily structure, self-esteem, social support, community integration and illness management, and people who are employed experience fewer emergencies and hospitalizations. Employment is empowering because people can use added income to activate their own choices regarding other social determinants. Supported employment actualizes the recovery paradigm: People who are employed in competitive jobs of their choice develop a meaningful functional life, increased self-esteem and new social supports. We provide examples of supported employment developments in diverse settings and discuss the implications of scaling up these services worldwide.

A new efficient paradigm of energy and resource recovery from sewage: AnMBR treating chemically pre-precipitated concentrate in sidestream

Urged by the requirement for sustainable development, the recovery of energy and resources from sewage is imperative. In this study, a lab-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) treating chemically pre-concentrated real sewage with a high content of carbon, phosphorus, and iron in sidestream was established, and its performance at organic loading rate (OLR) varied from 0.67 to 2 g-COD/(L⋅d) was assessed comprehensively. When OLR ≤ 1.33 g-COD/(L⋅d), it achieved high COD removal (∼99 %), and around 60 % of the total influent COD was converted to methane (0.21 L-CH4/g-CODinf). Gaseous methane accounted for up to 95 % of the biogas. Only 1.5 % of yield methane was lost in permeate, far less than the dissolved methane in AnMBR treating sewage in mainstream. Considerable phosphorus (85 %-98 %) was retained in AnMBR. When OLR reached 2 g-COD/(L⋅d), the treatment performance was exacerbated with volatile fatty acids accumulation. The sludge flocs disintegrated with smaller particle sizes. The microbial community of mixed liquor shifted towards that of the pre-concentrated sewage. A specific relative abundance of Epsilonbacteraeota (a biomarker in this research) can be set as a warning of overloading. Compared with AnMBRs treating sewage in the mainstream, this sidestream AnMBR provided a new perspective and paradigm for treating sewage in an energy-efficient, resource-recovered, and low-carbon way.

Diagnosis and treatment of depression according to the functional recovery paradigm

Since the appearance of the first antidepressants, ideas about the goals of long-term treatment of depression have changed considerably. The prevailing priority in the 1960s to 1980s of relieving current depressive symptoms and ending the current episode – shifted to achieving remission in the early 1990s and functional recovery in the mid-2010s. The general recognition of a new approach to the treatment of depression is reflected in the inclusion of functional disorder in the ICD-11 diagnostic criteria for a depressive episode. The paradigm shift in therapy has been driven by advances in the field of psychopharmacology that have led to the development of antidepressants with a fundamentally new mechanism of action that provides a broader therapeutic effect combined with a more favorable tolerability profile. Agomelatine provides a harmonious and complete reduction of depression symptoms, including those resistant to other antidepressants, and a stable clinical and functional remission of high quality, i.e., it allows the achievement of all three therapeutic goals.

The existential dimension of the experience of seclusion: a qualitative study among former psychiatric inpatients

BackgroundSeclusion is a coercive measure - temporary confinement in an almost empty, non-stimulating room in a closed psychiatric admission ward to prevent (further) urgent danger due to a mental disorder. Although there is observational research about patients’ behaviors during separation (e.g. hitting walls or doors, sleeping, or praying), research into the subjective and existential dimension of the experience of seclusion in psychiatry is rare.AimAim of the current study is to describe and analyze - using the theoretical lenses of Yalom (1980) and Jaspers (1919) - how clients experience their involuntary stay in a seclusion room in a closed psychiatric clinic in existential terms.MethodsA qualitative study was carried out among former clients (N = 10) who were asked, in retrospect, about their existential concerns in the seclusion room. In the thematic analysis, the main, deductive codes were theory based (Yalom, Jaspers), composed of subcodes that were inductively derived from the interviews.ResultsThe respondents affirmed the ultimate existential concerns about death (e.g. sensing to be dead already), lack of freedom (e.g. loss of agency), isolation (e.g. interpersonal, not able to speak, feeling an object) and meaninglessness. With respect to the latter, the respondents reported a rich variety of spiritual experiences (both negative, such as knowing to be in hell, as positive, hearing/imagining a comforting voice or noticing/imagining a scenery of nature in the room).DiscussionAlthough some experiences and behaviors may conflate with symptoms of psychosis, the participants generally expressed a relief about the ability to talk about their experiences. Sharing and discussing the existential experiences fits into the paradigm of psychiatric recovery and personalized care. Their intensity was obvious and might have warranted additional support by a chaplain or spiritual counselor in mental health care settings.

Compressive phase retrieval: Optimal sample complexity with deep generative priors

AbstractAdvances in compressive sensing (CS) provided reconstruction algorithms of sparse signals from linear measurements with optimal sample complexity, but natural extensions of this methodology to nonlinear inverse problems have been met with potentially fundamental sample complexity bottlenecks. In particular, tractable algorithms for compressive phase retrieval with sparsity priors have not been able to achieve optimal sample complexity. This has created an open problem in compressive phase retrieval: under generic, phaseless linear measurements, are there tractable reconstruction algorithms that succeed with optimal sample complexity? Meanwhile, progress in machine learning has led to the development of new data‐driven signal priors in the form of generative models, which can outperform sparsity priors with significantly fewer measurements. In this work, we resolve the open problem in compressive phase retrieval and demonstrate that generative priors can lead to a fundamental advance by permitting optimal sample complexity by a tractable algorithm. We additionally provide empirics showing that exploiting generative priors in phase retrieval can significantly outperform sparsity priors. These results provide support for generative priors as a new paradigm for signal recovery in a variety of contexts, both empirically and theoretically. The strengths of this paradigm are that (1) generative priors can represent some classes of natural signals more concisely than sparsity priors, (2) generative priors allow for direct optimization over the natural signal manifold, which is intractable under sparsity priors, and (3) the resulting non‐convex optimization problems with generative priors can admit benign optimization landscapes at optimal sample complexity, perhaps surprisingly, even in cases of nonlinear measurements.

Fostering the community participation of individuals with psychiatric disabilities: Effectiveness of a new peer-led photovoice-based intervention.

Having meaningful social roles and full community participation have been examined as a central tenet of the recovery paradigm. We undertook this study to test a new multimodal, peer-led intervention, which we have developed with the aim of fostering the self-efficacy of individuals with psychiatric disabilities to pursue involvement in community activities of their choice. We evaluated the effectiveness of the 6-month manualized peer-delivered "Bridging Community Gaps Photovoice (BCGP)" program with a multisite randomized trial (N = 185), with recipients of services at five community mental health programs. Mixed-effects regression models were used to examine the impact of the program on community participation, loneliness, personal stigma, psychosocial functioning, and personal growth and recovery when compared to services as usual. Individuals who were randomized to the BCGP intervention were also invited to participate in exit focus groups, exploring the program's perceived active ingredients of mechanisms of impact. Participation in the BCGP program facilitated ongoing involvement in community activities and contributed to a decreased sense of alienation from other members of the community due to internalized stigma of mental illness. In addition, greater attendance of group BCGP sessions had a significant impact on participants' sense of self-efficacy in pursuing desired community activities. This study provided initial evidence about the promise of the BCGP program in enhancing community participation. Its implementation in community mental health agencies can further expand the recovery-oriented services provided to people with psychiatric disabilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Integration of triboelectric sensing and electromagnetic energy harvesting for self-adaptive vibration suppression

There has been growing interest in using self-adjusting damping to suppress vibration in precious industrial equipment and transportation. Current vibration suppression strategies focus on improving the transformation mechanism for a specific environment. However, owing to space and power supply limitations, the implementation of energy recovery and adaptive vibration control remains a technical challenge. In this study, a random vibration suppression–energy harvesting coupling system (VS-EHCS) based on self-driven triboelectric sensing is developed. A magnetic-suspension-based energy harvester with a honeycomb structure is designed to enable energy harvesting and passive vibration suppression. Self-powered triboelectric sensors are integrated with the honeycomb to obtain vibration information. The energy harvester output and the sensor output are used as feedback for the adaptive signal tracking control algorithm, allowing a trade-off between active vibration suppression and energy harvesting. The proposed VS-EHCS achieves a vibration suppression efficiency of 96.2 % and peak power exceeding 200 mW under random vibrations of 15.9 g. These are sufficient to charge a 0.1 F super-capacitor to 5 V in 70 s. By combining self-driven monitoring, active-passive control, and energy harvesting, the VS-EHCS provides a new paradigm for efficient vibration suppression and energy recovery in variable-vibration environments.

A comparative study of different iron minerals on phosphorus capture from municipal wastewater and subsequent recovery as vivianite through acidogenic fermentation

Exploiting phosphorus resources from waste streams such as municipal wastewater is essential for their recycling and utilization. However, common practice on phosphorus recovery via main-stream biological phosphorus removal and side-stream phosphorus precipitation still faces great challenges such as organic mineralization induced CO2 emission and aeration caused energy consumption. In this work, ferrihydrite and magnetite were respectively dosed into bioflocculation organic carbon capture system to comprehensively evaluate their potential improvements on phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater. Results showed that ferrihydrite would outcompete magnetite on phosphorus capture, by increasing TP removal efficiency from 17.5% to 91.2% while maintaining a high organic carbon capture efficiency of about 50%. Although both iron minerals were favored for improving sludge settling performance, the potential toxicity of magnetite was higher than that of ferrihydrite. Chemical precipitation and adsorption are the main pathways for phosphorus removal by iron minerals. Subsequent anaerobic fermentation showed that ferrihydrite bounded phosphorus was mainly transformed to vivianite while magnetite captured phosphorus was released into the liquid. Surprisingly, ferrihydrite was favored for the volatile fatty acids rather than biogas production, with an average yield of 523.2 mg/g volatile suspended solids. This work might be valuable for exploring a more sustainable value-added resource recovery paradigm.

Un outil d’autoévaluation des émotions douloureuses pour mieux accompagner les proches aidants

ObjectivesInformal caregivers take on a variety of tasks to help their ill loved ones. Despite the personal and professional resources available, their health is sometimes impacted, and they may suffer from sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, and psychological distress. Supporting informal caregivers to prevent the risk of exhaustion entails a recognition of distressful emotions that can be associated with the role of caregiver. This article presents the Distressing Emotions Evaluation (DEE) tool, a quantitative and qualitative tool designed to support informal caregivers in the context of the Ensemble program which proposes tailored and individualized interventions. Ensemble is independent of the patient's treatment and follow-up and its objective is to offer individual support to informal caregivers. It is structured in three phases spread over five one-hour sessions: an evaluation phase, followed by a support phase and finally an assessment phase. During the first phase, a professional trained in Ensemble's methods assesses the needs, difficulties, painful emotions, and social resources of the informal caregiver. The DEE includes a rating scale, assessing the frequency of distressing emotions and the urgency of the need for help with dealing with them, followed by a dialogue to identify clinical actions. Materials and methodsTo assess the psychometric properties of the DEE, data were collected from 73 informal caregivers of patients with psychiatric disorders. The DEE tool consists of an inventory of cards illustrating eight distressful emotions: anxiety, anger, confusion, guilt, helplessness, feeling judged by others, loneliness, and sadness/distress. Demographic data, DEE scores, and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) scores were collected during interviews with Ensemble practitioners. ResultsHelplessness and anxiety are particularly distressing emotions for informal caregivers. Indeed, they are among the most frequently reported emotions (present for 88 % and 71 % of the participants, respectively), and are the emotions for which unmet need for help is the most urgent (in 49 % and 40 % of the participants, respectively). Validity analyses with reference to associations with BSI scores show that the frequency of experiencing distressing emotions is a significant indicator of the psychological distress of informal caregivers. ConclusionDEE scores can inform a practitioner's follow-up, e.g., with tools for managing emotions. The positive psychometric properties of the DEE, and its simple use based on illustrated card sorting which facilitates verbalization, make it a tool that is readily administered and well suited to the personalized support of informal caregivers. Based on the EED tool, the results demonstrated that helplessness and anxiety are very frequent painful emotions for informal caregivers and that there is a need for help that is not currently met by existing support services. The engaging clinical EED tool makes it easier to work with informal caregivers. This approach can be used to increase health literacy in personalized interventions focused on the recovery paradigm.

High-efficiency gold recovery by additive-induced supramolecular polymerization of β-cyclodextrin

Developing an eco-friendly, efficient, and highly selective gold-recovery technology is urgently needed in order to maintain sustainable environments and improve the utilization of resources. Here we report an additive-induced gold recovery paradigm based on precisely controlling the reciprocal transformation and instantaneous assembly of the second-sphere coordinated adducts formed between β-cyclodextrin and tetrabromoaurate anions. The additives initiate a rapid assembly process by co-occupying the binding cavity of β-cyclodextrin along with the tetrabromoaurate anions, leading to the formation of supramolecular polymers that precipitate from aqueous solutions as cocrystals. The efficiency of gold recovery reaches 99.8% when dibutyl carbitol is deployed as the additive. This cocrystallization is highly selective for square-planar tetrabromoaurate anions. In a laboratory-scale gold-recovery protocol, over 94% of gold in electronic waste was recovered at gold concentrations as low as 9.3 ppm. This simple protocol constitutes a promising paradigm for the sustainable recovery of gold, featuring reduced energy consumption, low cost inputs, and the avoidance of environmental pollution.

Plan versus motion-referenced generalization of fast and slow processes in reach adaptation.

Generalization in motor learning refers to the transfer of a learned compensation to other relevant contexts. The generalization function is typically assumed to be of Gaussian shape, centered on the planned motion, although more recent studies associate generalization with the actual motion. Because motor learning is thought to involve multiple adaptive processes with different time constants, we hypothesized that these processes have different time-dependent contributions to the generalization. Guided by a model-based approach, the objective of the present study was to experimentally examine these contributions. We first reformulated a validated two-state adaptation model as a combination of weighted motor primitives, each specified as a Gaussian-shaped tuning function. Adaptation in this model is achieved by updating individual weights of the primitives of the fast and slow adaptive process separately. Depending on whether updating occurred in a plan-referenced or a motion-referenced manner, the model predicted distinct contributions to the overall generalization by the slow and fast process. We tested 23 participants in a reach adaptation task, using a spontaneous recovery paradigm consisting of five successive blocks of a long adaptation phase to a viscous force field, a short adaptation phase with the opposite force, and an error-clamp phase. Generalization was assessed in eleven movement directions relative to the trained target direction. Results of our participant population fell within a continuum of evidence for plan-referenced to evidence for motion-referenced updating. This mixture may reflect the differential weighting of explicit and implicit compensation strategies among participants.

Challenges and opportunities for biochar to promote circular economy and carbon neutrality

Biochar, derived from unused biomass, is widely considered for its potential to deal with climate change problems. Global interest in biochar is attributed to its ability to sequester carbon in soil and to remediate aquatic environment from water pollution. As soil conditioner and/or adsorbent, biochar offers opportunity through a circular economy (CE) paradigm. While energy transition continues, progress toward low-emissions materials accelerates their advance towards net-zero emissions. However, none of existing works addresses CE-based biochar management to achieve carbon neutrality. To reflect its novelty, this work provides a critical overview of challenges and opportunities for biochar to promote CE and carbon neutrality. This article also offers seminal perspectives about strengthening biomass management through CE and resource recovery paradigms, while exploring how the unused biomass can promote net zero emissions in its applications. By consolidating scattered knowledge in the body of literature into one place, this work uncovers new research directions to close the loops by implementing the circularity of biomass resources in various fields. It is conclusive from a literature survey of 113 articles (2003–2023) that biomass conversion into biochar can promote net zero emissions and CE in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Depending on their physico-chemical properties, biochar can become a suitable feedstock for CE. Biochar application as soil enrichment offsets 12% of CO2 emissions by land use annually. Adding biochar to soil can improve its health and agricultural productivity, while minimizing about 1/8 of CO2 emissions. Biochar can also sequester CO2 in the long-term and prevent the release of carbon back into the atmosphere after its decomposition. This practice could sequester 2.5 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 annually. With the global biochar market reaching USD 368.85 million by 2028, this work facilitates biochar with its versatile characteristics to promote carbon neutrality and CE applications.

MAV Localization in Large-Scale Environments: A Decoupled Optimization/Filtering Approach

Developing new sensor fusion algorithms has become indispensable to tackle the daunting problem of GPS-aided micro aerial vehicle (MAV) localization in large-scale landscapes. Sensor fusion should guarantee high-accuracy estimation with the least amount of system delay. Towards this goal, we propose a linear optimal state estimation approach for the MAV to avoid complicated and high-latency calculations and an immediate metric-scale recovery paradigm that uses low-rate noisy GPS measurements when available. Our proposed strategy shows how the vision sensor can quickly bootstrap a pose that has been arbitrarily scaled and recovered from various drifts that affect vision-based algorithms. We can consider the camera as a "black-box" pose estimator thanks to our proposed optimization/filtering-based methodology. This maintains the sensor fusion algorithm's computational complexity and makes it suitable for MAV's long-term operations in expansive areas. Due to the limited global tracking and localization data from the GPS sensors, our proposal on MAV's localization solution considers the sensor measurement uncertainty constraints under such circumstances. Extensive quantitative and qualitative analyses utilizing real-world and large-scale MAV sequences demonstrate the higher performance of our technique in comparison to most recent state-of-the-art algorithms in terms of trajectory estimation accuracy and system latency.

Strategizing for Competitive Revitalization: An Analytical Exposition of the European Union's Economic Recovery Paradigm

Strategizing for Competitive Revitalization: An Analytical Exposition of the European Union's Economic Recovery Paradigm

중독회복에서의 에니어그램 영성 활용 가능성 탐색

This study theoretically explored how Enneagram spirituality can be used, focusing on the development of human consciousness, on the premise of the addiction recovery paradigm that changes the overall attitude of addicts in life. Accordingly, it was proposed as an approach to spiritual development to improve the development levels of consciousness of Enneagram, which aims at vertical growth and development of humans. Specifically, the current status of addiction problems in modern society, addiction and addiction recovery, perspective on addiction, and relationship between addiction recovery and spirituality were examined, and through the overall understanding of the Enneagram theory, the theory of addiction recovery and consciousness development with Enneagram spirituality was explored. In addition, focusing on the development of consciousness of Gurdjieff and Riso, the possibility of using addiction recovery and spiritual development of the Enneagram was examined. However, as a growth method for self-transcendence, only comprehensive methods such as silence, meditation, prayer, and listening are presented. Therefore, the necessity of verification through differentiated programs and empirical studies according to the development levels of consciousness by types was proposed.

Strengthening waste recycling industry in Malang (Indonesia): Lessons from waste management in the era of Industry 4.0

Over the past years, Malang (Indonesia) has encountered environmental problems due to municipal solid waste (MSW) overgeneration. Nevertheless, the increasing volume and complexity of MSW management in the city could be tackled using digital solutions. As a key location of ICT development, China is a key partner for Indonesia to improve its MSW management using digital technologies. As a miniature of China's sustainable waste management, Nanning represents a model of smart city that applies resource recovery paradigms using digitalization. Using a case-study approach, this work critically investigates how to strengthen waste recycling industry in Malang using digitalization-based circular economy (CE) according to Nanning's experiences in digitalizing waste recycling. It was found that lessons learnt from Nanning in MSW management were transferable and applicable for Malang to replicate its model, while paving the way forward for a transition towards a CE in waste sector. Traditionally, waste segregation at source was not properly conducted in Malang due to lack of environmental awareness and less public participation, while the waste management in Nanning is time-efficient and cost-effective. Nanning's experiences in digitalizing recyclable materials and/or recycled goods could facilitate Malang to shift towards a digitalization-based CE. Integrating automatic segregation and digitalization at waste banks is efficient in terms of time. With digitalization, over 90% of the solid waste in Malang is segregated properly, while diverting 60% of its non-biodegradable trash from landfills. Overall, the use of digital technologies has enabled waste banks to revolutionize waste industry, while promoting sustainable development at local level. To contribute their share to the UN SDGs, other cities in Indonesia are at their transition towards a digitalization-based CE. There is still a long way for them to attain full circularity and reap the benefits of digital transformation in the waste sector. Hence, it is necessary for stakeholders to promulgate effective policies and strengthen CE implementation on non-biodegradable waste through digital technologies.

Do recovery-oriented messages improve self-efficacy and positive emotions amongst people with lived experience of psychosis? Experimental investigation.

Recovery-oriented perspectives have become accepted worldwide as an alternative to the biomedical approach to conceptualizing and managing severe mental health problems. It has been proposed that one advantage of this is to support self-efficacy amongst people with a lived experience of psychosis, especially when recovery messages are presented by lived experience peers. The aim of the present study was to investigate the proposed psychological benefits of the recovery paradigm, by testing for possible differential impacts of recovery versus biomedical messages on self-efficacy beliefs and positive emotional state amongst people with experience of psychosis. It was hypothesized that (1) recovery-oriented messages, when presented by lived experience peers, would generate improvements in self-efficacy and positive emotions relative to biomedical messages presented by a professional and (2) recovery-oriented messages delivered by a professional would generate improvements in self-efficacy and positive emotions relative to biomedical messages delivered by a professional. We also explored whether recovery-oriented messages were more impactful when delivered by a lived experience peer versus a professional. Experimental design with three within-subject video-based conditions. Fifty-three participants with lived experience of psychosis viewed three videos: (i) people with lived experience sharing their experiences of recovery; (ii) mental health professionals presenting traditional biomedical conceptualizations of psychosis; and (iii) mental health professionals presenting recovery perspectives. Participants provided baseline clinical and demographic information, and post-viewing ratings of experienced changes in self-efficacy and emotional state. Hypothesis 1 was supported: both self-efficacy and positive emotions were significantly increased by a video of peers sharing personal recovery stories relative to professionals presenting biomedical messages. Hypothesis 2 was partially supported: when comparing videos of recovery versus biomedical messages delivered by professionals, significant relative benefits were found for positive emotions, but not self-efficacy. This experimental investigation generated a pattern of findings broadly supportive of the assumed psychological benefits of the recovery paradigm for people with lived experiences of psychosis. Findings must be interpreted with caution given the limitations of the present design, but encourage further experimental research to directly test the interpersonal impacts of the recovery paradigm.