Endings and Beginnings
An Autoethnography of a Father’s Journey through His Son’s Madness, Loss, and a Quest for Meaning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11230283 |
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| Authors | Douglas J Engelman (Tampa, FL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 326-347 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanity & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-5976 • E-ISSN: 2372-9708 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0160597620930926 |
| OpenAlex | W3037141968 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
In our society, individuals with mental illness often are stigmatized due to misunderstanding and fear. Families with a member diagnosed as a person with mental illness may find themselves forced to restructure themselves around the idea that they are now coping with a family member who may be subject to social stigma and who may draw them into that same negative framework. In this autoethnographic story, I recall and describe the moment my relationship with my son changed forever—the moment he revealed his mental illness to me. This moment altered my own life course—from businessman, to academic, to wounded storyteller. Personally, transformative experiences like mine tend to create writers because we feel compelled to share our experiences in the form of stories. This is my story, but it could be the story of any parent and child in any family
Art · Autoethnography · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Literature · Meaning (existential · Mental health · Mental illness · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Shame · Sociology · Transformative learning · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Is stigma internalized? The longitudinal impact of public stigma on self-stigma.
Self‐stigma and the “why try” effect
Participant Observation and Fieldnotes
Psychiatric Illness and Family Stigma
Blame, shame, and contamination
Structural Levels of Mental Illness Stigma and Discrimination
Stigma
The Wounded Storyteller
Mythical Time, Historical Time, and The Narrative Fabric of the Self
IGen
A longitudinal study of the grief of mothers and fathers of children with intellectual disability
Factors associated with subjective burden in siblings of adults with severe mental illness
Narrative Productions of Meanings
Understanding Labeling Effects in the Area of Mental Disorders
Mental Illness, Caregiving, and Emotion Management
Grief, parenting, and schizophrenia
Rethinking theoretical approaches to stigma
Public Conceptions of Mental Illness in 1950 and 1996
Sociological Introspection and Emotional Experience
Conceptualizing Stigma
The Value of Narrativity in the Representation of Reality
The 'Own' and the 'Wise
| Highly cited | No |
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