“The Lady in the Coffin” – Delusions and Hearing Voices
This article is based on a study of user participation and insight among 30 patients in community health centres in northern Norway. The living conditions of the patients have changed because of mental illness. Through a case study, we analyze the meaning of contexts in a meeting with Sverre, an old...
Published in: | Qualitative Inquiry |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2013
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800413482096 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1077800413482096 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1077800413482096 |
Summary: | This article is based on a study of user participation and insight among 30 patients in community health centres in northern Norway. The living conditions of the patients have changed because of mental illness. Through a case study, we analyze the meaning of contexts in a meeting with Sverre, an older man, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia many years ago. One of the core features of schizophrenia is the patient’s lack of insight. Case studies have a valuable place in illness narratives, giving voice to suffering in a way different than the biomedical voice. Sverre’s narrative performance represents a different insight, which challenges the perception of everyday life in the clinic and our work with this patient group. By using a performative narrative perspective, the concept of insight emerges as a relational term and something that is developed in the dialogue, rather than through the static characteristics of the patient. |
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