Coping with psychotic-like experiences without receiving help from mental health care. A qualitative study
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This study describes the ways in which people with psychotic-like experiences without mental health care manage to achieve successful lives. The qualitative study, which used a grounded-theory approach combined with elements of narrative research, draws on interviews with 18 individuals who were recruited through a self-selection strategy via a national advertisement. The frequency of participants’ psychotic-like symptoms was comparable to that of patients who receive mental health treatment for psychosis; however, participants experienced lower levels of distress. The results provide insight into the variety of strategies and interpretative frameworks participants develop to create and to maintain self-defined successful lives while coping with psychotic-like experiences. Experiential knowledge from people outside care settings can be helpful in the development of more sophisticated activities, ideas, and discussions within the international recovery movement.
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This is consistent with a review of user autobiographical accounts provided by (85), who concluded that recovery was "a growing sense of agency and autonomy, as well as greater participation in normative activities, such as employment, education, and community life," or the study conducted by (86) who wrote "For our participants, successful living is fundamentally connected to" "not being
“This is consistent with a review of user autobiographical accounts provided by (85), who concluded that recovery was “a growing sense of agency and autonomy, as well as greater participation in normative activities, such as employment, education, and community life,” or the study conducted by (86) who wrote “For our participants, successful living is fundamentally connected to” “not being”
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- Authors
- Boumans, J., Baart, I., Widdershoven, G., & Kroon, H.
- Affiliations
- Trimbos Institute (NL)
- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Boumans, Jenny
- Venue
- Psychosis
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-05-18
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-11
- ISSN
- 1752-2439 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-2447
- OpenAlex
- W2397736910
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 4.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychosis (publishedVersion)
- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- ZonMw (416020001)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- psychotic-like experiences, coping strategies, self-management, distress, interpretive frameworks, recovery movement, experiential knowledge
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