French Validation of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS-FR)

The VAL-RAS-FR study aims to cross-culturally adapt, validate, and develop derived versions of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS), an internationally used self-report measure of subjective recovery in mental health. The study will include 260 adult psychiatric patients receiving care at EPSM Metz-Jury in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Participants will complete the French version of the RAS (RAS-FR), the WHOQOL-BREF, and additional self-report questionnaires. A subgroup of participants will complete the RAS-FR again after one month to assess test-retest reliability. The study will also explore existential aspects of recovery through the development of the RAS-FR-EX (Existential Extension) and support the development of a shorter version, the RAS-FR-SF (Short Form), for clinical and research purposes.

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient (18 years or older) * Receiving psychiatric care at EPSM Metz-Jury (inpatient unit, day hospital, community mental health center \[CMP\], or intensive home-based psychiatric care service \[EPSIAD\]/post-EPSIAD follow-up) * Able to understand French * Able to complete a self-report questionnaire independently or with assistance if needed * Patients under legal protection measures (guardianship or curatorship) may participate with the agreement of their legal representative, when applicable Exclusion Criteria: * Major cognitive impairment * Severe clinical condition preventing questionnaire completion or understanding of French * Refusal to participate * Prisoner or person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision