Research and evaluation are central to the development of Recover360.
Our approach brings together relevant clinical evidence, established therapeutic knowledge, emerging understanding of ketamine dependence, professional expertise and lived experience — helping us ask better questions, make more responsible decisions and continually improve the support we provide.
Recover360 is committed to being clear about what is already supported by evidence, what is still developing and what we learn through programme delivery. We do not present innovation as proof.
Ketamine dependence can affect physical and psychological health, relationships, education, employment, identity and everyday functioning. Yet people and families may encounter fragmented information and variable access to specialist support. Research can help strengthen understanding of:
Recover360 aims to contribute carefully to this developing knowledge while remaining focused on the quality and safety of individual care.
Evidence-informed practice is more than applying research findings in isolation. It involves bringing the best available evidence into thoughtful dialogue with clinical expertise, professional standards, individual circumstances and the preferences and experiences of the person receiving support. The Recover360 model is informed by relevant knowledge from areas including:
No single theory or intervention explains every person’s experience. The model is integrative because recovery is complex, individual and shaped by the interaction of multiple areas of life.
Clinical care, service evaluation and formal research can inform one another, but they are not the same activity.
Information gathered for clinical care supports assessment, formulation, risk management, treatment, review and continuity. Its primary purpose is to support the individual participant.
Helps Recover360 understand delivery, engagement and where improvement may be needed. Supports accountability but does not automatically constitute formal research.
Designed to answer defined questions and generate knowledge beyond immediate service improvement, subject to appropriate methodology, ethics, governance and consent.
Recovery outcomes should reflect the complexity of recovery without becoming so broad that meaningful change cannot be understood. Recover360 is interested in change across relevant areas such as:
No single score can fully represent recovery. Quantitative measures can identify patterns and change over time, while qualitative feedback can help explain how change was experienced and what contributed to it.
Outcome information must be interpreted in context. Improvement may be uneven, and a change in one area may precede or support later change elsewhere.
With appropriate consent and governance, digital engagement may contribute to a better understanding of recovery patterns, participant experience and the relationship between programme support and everyday life.
Digital information must be interpreted cautiously. It may be incomplete, influenced by patterns of engagement and unable to capture the full meaning or context of a person’s experience. Technology supports — but does not replace — clinical understanding, professional judgement or direct conversation.
People affected by addiction and recovery hold knowledge that cannot be obtained from clinical literature alone. Recover360 is committed to learning from participants, families and people with relevant lived experience in ways that are respectful, purposeful and safe.
Lived experience should not be used symbolically or treated as a single viewpoint. Meaningful involvement requires clarity about purpose, influence, support, boundaries and how contributions will be used.
Family experiences are an important part of understanding addiction and recovery. Research and evaluation may help identify what families need, how involvement affects relationships, which forms of education and support are useful, and how family wellbeing changes over time.
Family members are participants in their own right when contributing information about their experiences. Their views should not be treated simply as additional data about the person using substances, and the confidentiality of each person must be respected.
Research quality depends on ethical integrity as well as methodological strength. Recover360 is committed to principles including:
Any research involving young people or other potentially vulnerable populations will require additional specialist design, ethical scrutiny and safeguarding arrangements.
Recover360 welcomes responsible engagement with universities, researchers, clinicians, healthcare services and organisations interested in ketamine dependence, recovery and digital support.
Future partnerships should strengthen methodological quality, ethical oversight, independence and the practical relevance of research. Partnership language will only be used publicly where a relationship has been formally agreed and its scope can be described accurately.
We will not imply endorsement, collaboration or published evidence where these do not yet exist.
As evidence develops, Recover360 intends to communicate learning clearly and responsibly — including accessible summaries, evaluation findings, professional presentations, research outputs and information for participants and families.
We are committed to reporting learning that identifies limitations or areas for improvement as well as positive outcomes. Credibility depends on transparency, not selective presentation.
Recover360 is developing dedicated questionnaires to learn from the people and professionals closest to ketamine-related harm, treatment and recovery.
Invites participants to share what they experienced, what support was available, what felt missing and what could make recovery services more relevant and effective.
Explores how ketamine use affects families and relationships, what information and support loved ones need, and how services can involve families appropriately.
Invites clinicians to contribute practice-based insight into presentation, referral, engagement, risk, treatment gaps and clinically robust recovery pathways.
Seeks perspectives from researchers in addiction, ketamine-related harm, mental and physical health, family experience, recovery and digital health.
Participation is voluntary and is separate from assessment or clinical care. Choosing whether to contribute will not affect access to Recover360 support.
Recover360 begins with a specialist focus on ketamine dependence. Learning from evidence, participant and family experience, clinical outcomes and responsible research may later inform adaptation into other areas of addiction. Our aim is to build a service that learns carefully, communicates honestly and uses evidence to improve recovery support in ways that matter to people and families.
