Suffering as a Lifelong Companion

A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study of Men Living With Severe Psychiatric Illness

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ID15736819
AuthorsAnne Kasén (0000-0001-8093-4054, VID Specialized University, corresponding author), Terese Elisabet Bondas (0000-0002-1023-6223, University of Stavanger)
Year2022
Volume9
Pages23333936211073616-23333936211073616
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23333936211073616
PMID35111888
OpenAlexW4210499508
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited38

Accumulation of suffering in later life due to severe psychiatric illness has received surprisingly little interest in nursing research. Suffering in daily living seems to be more demanding for men, a phenomenon still debated in the literature. This phenomenological-hermeneutic study aims at describing and interpreting the perspectives of adult men and their experiences of suffering in daily living with severe psychiatric illness, diagnosed as schizophrenia. Data were collected in dialogical conversations with four men aged between 20 and 40 years, living alone in northern Norway. The themes created from the structural understanding illuminate the participants' suffering as simultaneously struggling against the grasp of the illness and for reshaping the future. The theoretical interpretation unfolds the multidimensionality of their suffering and the need for confirmation of the suffering and reconciliation with the losses from illness, thus making reorientation to the future possible

Dialogical self · Humanities · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Social Psychology

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