"I live, I don’t work, but I live a very normal life" - A qualitative interview study of Scandinavian user experiences of schizophrenia, antipsychotic medication, and personal recovery processesShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Perspectives in psychiatric care, ISSN 0031-5990, E-ISSN 1744-6163, Vol. 56, no 2, p. 371-378Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Purpose: To illuminate user experiences of schizophrenia, reasons for receiving antipsychotic medication, and encounters with mental health services.
Design and Methods: 24 semistructured qualitative research interviews with schizophrenia patients treated with 3-monthly paliperidone palmitate across Scandinavia were synthesized in qualitative content analysis.
Findings: Participants describe considerable challenges in everyday functioning. Simultaneously, they rate their current mental and physical well-being high and seem satisfied with their lives. These pathways indicate personal recovery.
Practice Implications: The participants emphasize the importance of trustful relations with healthcare professionals, therapeutic conversations, antipsychotic medication in a 3-monthly formulation, and support from relatives.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2020. Vol. 56, no 2, p. 371-378
Keywords [en]
illness insight, personal recovery, PP3M, schizophrenia, service user perspectives
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Psychiatry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-46652DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12444ISI: 000491204600001PubMedID: 31633213Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85074583816Local ID: ;HHJIMPROVEISOAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-46652DiVA, id: diva2:1362893
2019-10-222019-10-222021-01-04Bibliographically approved