The Existential Dimension in Recovery: Crisis, Loss, and Grief in the Context of Severe Mental Illness

Religions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 179 - 179

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

The recovery movement in mental health care has played an important role the recent renewed and growing focus on understanding function of meaning spirituality context severe illness. Current thinking is firmly embedded a body thought according to which people have meaningful lives. It characterized by various emphases, among positive transformation. Though valuable laudable itself, this bias toward future-oriented improvement leaves our nature implications crisis as underdeveloped. In article, we approach from phenomenological angle explore existential disruption radical alteration sense-making meaning. particular, show how themes loss grief are part its aftermath. argued that crucial aspects process. Several fruitful ways suggested incorporate those themes. This, it maintained, provides more thorough, realistic, integrated, and, therefore, nuanced view complex process

Language: Английский

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Facing Fear in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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The Psychosocial Impact of Insight Paradox and Internalized Stigma in Chronic Psychotic Disorders

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 410 - 410

Published: March 24, 2025

Stigma and discrimination remain significant challenges to the quality of life social integration individuals with chronic mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia, one most stigmatized conditions. The paradox insight, in which greater awareness illness correlates poorer psychosocial outcomes presence high internalized stigma, provides a critical framework for understanding these challenges. This study examined moderation between insight stigma its influence on 83 male participants diagnosed psychotic spectrum disorders. Using K-means clustering, three distinct profiles emerged: (1) good minimal (2) poor mild (3) severe stigma. These showed differences depression, life, global functioning. Findings confirmed that moderates relationship well-being, exacerbating negative psychological health when levels are high. results emphasize need psychoeducational interventions normalize experiences psychosis, family community engagement reduce cognitive-behavioral therapies address stigma-related beliefs. strategies essential improving well-being supporting recovery this population.

Language: Английский

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Restoring Trust for People With Psychosis Through Psychotherapy

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 212(4), P. 228 - 234

Published: March 27, 2024

Abstract Mistrust is a significant problem for people with psychosis and can interfere their capacity to engage in psychosocial treatment. In this article, the developmental trajectory of mistrust outlined, including impact that attachment disruption, childhood trauma, attributional biases, internalized stigma, discrimination have on person's form trusting bonds others. After review, three elements are described may allow restoration trust: therapist's openness understanding patient's experience agenda therapy, effort honestly disclose thoughts encourage dialogue mutual reflection, attempt promote metacognition through helping patient develop more complex representations minds These framed context metacognitive reflection insight an integrative therapy well suited address its explicit focus intersubjectivity.

Language: Английский

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Revitalizing Psychodynamics in Psychiatric Training: An Intergenerational Perspective

Academic Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 48(5), P. 496 - 500

Published: April 22, 2024

Language: Английский

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Taking what you get or Getting what you Need: A Qualitative Study on Experiences with Mental Health and Welfare Services in Long-Term Recovery in First-Episode Psychosis

Community Mental Health Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 16, 2024

Abstract How people in long-term recovery (clinical and personal) first-episode psychosis (schizophrenia bipolar spectrum disorders) experience the mental health welfare services they interact with is not frequently studied but has significant implications. We therefore aimed to explore which aspects of these FEP evaluate as important for their recovery. Twenty participants clinical and/or personal from two Norwegian follow-up studies after (TOP 10-year TIPS 20-year) were sampled this interview-based qualitative study. The research-team included service user experience. A deductive analysis based on accounts generated five aspects. Few specific types interventions reported promote although medications, psychotherapy employment support mentioned. Participants valued collaboration that focused resources rather than limitations. importance a consistent aim was highlighted, inclusion caregivers peers. Welfare contributed by supporting basic needs safety, some experienced social exclusion when participating labor market. This study unique exploring role services, including welfare, perspectives. evaluated played more indirect resources, what needed had been offered. Their expertise contributes valuable knowledge. Better coordination implementation knowledge are crucial FEP.

Language: Английский

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Reawakening Hope in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 53(4), P. 305 - 313

Published: June 6, 2023

Language: Английский

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