Exploring identity, culture, and psychosis in cannabis dependence – an interpretative phenomenological case study from India

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ID19504292
AutoresShaima Amatullah (0000-0001-8150-6879, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India, autor correspondente), Arun Kandasamy (0000-0003-0569-6409, Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India), Vivek Benegal (0000-0002-8896-9689, Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India), Gitanjali Narayanan (0000-0002-3201-2677, Department of Clinical Psychology, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India)
Ano2020
Volume23
Fascículo5
Páginas347-362
Data de publicação2020-05-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13674676.2020.1737920
OpenAlexW3044050962
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas31

The aim of this paper is to recount the phenomenological experiences of an individual with cannabis dependence and psychosis. The transformations of the participant’s “self” interwoven in a nexus of culture, religion, and ethnicity are captured scrupulously. Components like self-concept, body image, homosexual identity, and religious identity are examined to understand substance use and psychosis in a new light. Data were collected and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The main themes that emerged are “Self as a burden”, “Conflictual experience of identity”, and “Emergence of a new unifying self”. The role of intra-psychic and socio-cultural factors in substance use disorders is emphasised to implicate better treatment outcomes

Aesthetics · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Psychiatry · Psychic · Psychosis · Qualitative research · Sociology · Anthropology · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology