“The Old Me Could Never Have Done That”: How People Give Meaning to Recovery Following Depression

摘要: Depression is usually a "self-limiting" condition, and recovery likely, even if people do have subsequent episodes. However, despite considerable research into depression, little known about how actually go understanding organizing their from depression. In this article, the authors draw on one-to-one interviews with who experienced mainly severe depression to explore approaches meanings attributed overcoming They used unstructured semistructured interview phases collect data modified grounded theory approach analysis. interviewed 38 men women had previously (selected using principles of maximum variation sampling through general practitioners, support groups, newsletters) in late 2003 early 2004. The specific components involved (e.g., authenticity, responsibility, rewriting self), stories tell recovery, strategies deployed revitalize life following