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allow individuals to exercise greater choice and control over their own care – show benefits over usual care. These benefits are found in rates of adherence and self-management as well as in medical and mental health outcomes, yielding improved costeffectiveness, service satisfaction, and quality of life, as well as reduced inpatient and emergency room use and possibly involuntary care. These benefits appear to be even greater when interventions are more comprehensive, intensive, and integrated into routine care. The international recovery movement has in many ways always been rooted in a human rights mission, yet that mission has most often identified formal service systems as the primary target for change. In doing so, we have failed to realize the full potential of recovery-oriented systems transformation. The recently released guidelines of the World Health Organization reaffirm this commitment to human rights. In order to honor that commitment the field must now grapple with the many structural and social factors that often place people on the margins of society and limit their opportunities for community belonging. Personcentred care planning represents one tool that the field can use to address these challenges in supporting the whole person on his/her chosen pathway to recovery and community inclusion.