Storying Mental Illness and Personal Recovery

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-108-83045-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

This book contains excerpts of life stories from 118 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and major depressive disorder. This library of personal narratives, heavily reproduced and quoted throughout the text, presents a composite image of the ways in which narrative identity can be affected by mental illness while also being a resource for personal recovery. Those researching, studying or practicing in mental health professions will find a wealth of humanizing first-person perspectives on mental illness that foster perspective-taking and aid patient-centered treatment and study. Researchers of narrative psychology will find a unique set of life stories synthesized with existing literature on identity and recovery. Moving towards intervention, the authors include a 'guide for narrative repair' with the aim of healing narrative identity damage and fostering growth of adaptive narrative identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomsen, Dorthe Kirkegaard

Holm, Tine

Jensen, Rikke

Lind, Majse

Pedersen, Anne Mai

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Psychiatrische Pflege
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introducing the book; 2. The science of mental illness; 3. Vulnerability, stress, and burden in mental illness; 4. Recovery and mental illness; 5. Narrative identity; 6. Narrative identity, illness, and well-being; 7. How did we collect and analyze different life stories?; 8. Overview of narrative identity themes from the initial analyses; 9. Relationship themes in narrative identity; 10. Self themes in narrative identity; 11. Functional level themes in narrative identity; 12. Treatment themes in narrative identity; 13. Summary and synthesis; 14. Understanding the interplay between narrative identity and mental illness – a framework; 15. Tools for narrative repair; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Pedersen, Anne Mai
Anne Mai Pedersen received her MSc in psychology from Aarhus University, Denmark, where she is now pursuing a PhD degree. Her primary field of research is life stories in people with mental and somatic illness, with a focus on narrative identity in psychopathology and specifically in bipolar disorder.

Holm, Tine
Tine Holm completed her PhD on life stories in schizophrenia, then received funding to examine trauma within psychiatric settings particularly in relation to force treatment. In parallel with her research, she works as a clinical psychologist at an outpatient unit for individuals with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorder.

Thomsen, Dorthe Kirkegaard
Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen is a professor of psychology at Aarhus University, Denmark. She is a prominent scholar in narrative identity, which she has studied extensively over the past decade. She has authored more than 60 scientific papers and has received several grants and awards in recognition of her work.

Lind, Majse
Majse Lind is an assistant professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. She is a prominent scholar in research on life stories and psychopathology, particularly in the subarea of personality disorders, and has received several awards for this work.

Jensen, Rikke
Rikke Amalie Agergaard Jensen received her PhD in psychology in 2020 from Aarhus University, Denmark. In her postdoctoral position, she continues to study stories about the lived experience of mental illness, specifically how such stories may aid the development of patient-centered educational technologies to mitigate stigmatization in the healthcare system.