"An ongoing struggle with the self and illness": α meta-synthesis of the studies of the lived experience of severe mental illness.

摘要: The diverse experiences of severely mentally ill persons, most the times, have not been taken into account, or integrated to treatment procedures. This meta-synthesis aimed examine what is like live with severe mental illness narratives by employing a meta-ethnographic synthesis seventeen published peer reviewed qualitative studies. Third order analysis revealed as core theme “An ongoing struggle for reconciliation self and illness”. Other themes included amongst others: loss identity, pain having had one’s life stolen, being an outcast. identification importance alterations self-identity throughout continuum disorder may be focus targeted psychosocial interventions.