Suffering as a Lifelong Companion: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study of Men Living With Severe Psychiatric Illness
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 describ...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2c12359b8adb4054aaf9c52b332393c6 2023-05-15T17:43:26+02:00 Suffering as a Lifelong Companion: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study of Men Living With Severe Psychiatric Illness Anne Kasén Terese Bondas 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211073616 https://doaj.org/article/2c12359b8adb4054aaf9c52b332393c6 EN eng SAGE Publishing https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211073616 https://doaj.org/toc/2333-3936 2333-3936 doi:10.1177/23333936211073616 https://doaj.org/article/2c12359b8adb4054aaf9c52b332393c6 Global Qualitative Nursing Research, Vol 9 (2022) Nursing RT1-120 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211073616 2022-12-31T16:02:46Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Global Qualitative Nursing Research 9 233339362110736 |
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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. |
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Suffering as a Lifelong Companion: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study of Men Living With Severe Psychiatric Illness |
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Suffering as a Lifelong Companion: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study of Men Living With Severe Psychiatric Illness |
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