A Recovery Perspective on Wellness: Connection, Awareness, Congruence

A qualitative exploration of the eight dimensions of wellness in opioid use disorder recovery during the postpartum period

“…university wellness programs) ( Bernal, 2020 ; Eight Dimensions of Wellness | Campus Recreation , n.d. ; Eight Dimensions of Wellness Overview , n.d. ; The Eight Dimensions of Wellness , n.d. ), the literature is scant in evaluations of its use as a framework for health-related outcomes. The limited research to date has focused on the DoW primarily within mental health, highlighting that wellness is multidimensional, dynamic and complex ( Cummings and Bentley, 2018 ; Das, 2015 ). For example, one study used the DoW as a part of their program to reduce future psychiatric hospitalizations of their patients.…”