The lived experience of everyday activity for individuals with severe mental illness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3609956 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Milbourn (0000-0003-3213-7987, Curtin University, corresponding author), Beverley Mcnamara (0000-0002-9446-3692, Curtin University), Angus Buchanan (0000-0001-5268-5433, Curtin University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 270-282 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14461242.2015.1034747 |
| OpenAlex | W1844176876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 46 |
Engagement in everyday activity is an underplayed area when attempting to understand mental illness. Little is known about the everyday activities of individuals who experience severe mental illness and who are labelled ‘hard to engage’. This article reports on the findings of a longitudinal study. Eleven individuals receiving community mental health services were interviewed over a 12-month period through one-to-one meetings using field notes and audio recordings. Phenomenological methodology was employed to explore the types of activities that constituted participants’ everyday lives and the meanings they attributed to them. Three themes emerged from the findings: illness identity; embodied crisis and managing supports; and boredom. The meanings of everyday activities were conveyed through self-narrative and often as a consequence of the provision of mental health care for the individual. When not receiving medication or attending groups, participants felt alone and ‘bored’, trapped in the mundaneness of the everyday
Aesthetics · Boredom · Embodied cognition · Everyday life · Lived experience · Mental health · Mental illness · Narrative · Project commissioning · Psychotherapist · Publishing · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |