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Investigating the lived experience of recovery in people who hear voices

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de Jager, Adèle, Rhodes, Paul, Beavan, Vanessa, Holmes, Douglas, McCabe, Kathryn, Thomas, Neil, McCarthy-Jones, Simon, Lampshire, Debra +1 more·2016·Qualitative Health Research
DOI 10.1177/1049732315581602
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Although there is evidence of both clinical and personal recovery from distressing voices, the process of recovery over time is unclear. Narrative inquiry was used to investigate 11 voice-hearers' lived experience of recovery. After a period of despair/exhaustion, two recovery typologies emerged: (a) turning toward/empowerment, which involved developing a normalized account of voices, building voice-specific skills, integration of voices into daily life, and a transformation of identity, and (b) turning away/protective hibernation, which involved harnessing all available resources to survive the experience, with the importance of medication in recovery being emphasized. Results indicated the importance of services being sensitive and responsive to a person's recovery style at any given time and their readiness for change. Coming to hold a normalized account of voice-hearing and the self and witnessing of preferred narratives by others were essential in the more robust turning toward recovery typology.

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  • These differences stress the significance of supportive networks and discursive resources in the transition from moving away to moving toward distressful experiences.

    “These differences stress the significance of supportive networks and discursive resources in the transition from moving away, to moving toward distressful experiences [see (57)].”

    From Making meaning of trauma in psychosis (2023) · cites this paper as [57]

  • Participants in both groups were described as currently not having symptoms, good quality of life and no psychological distress.

    “Participants in both groups were described as currently not having symptoms, good quality of life and no psychological distress, for this reason the authors advocated for the latter approach to recovery to not be pathologized.”

    From Recovery from Severe Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review of Service User and Informal Caregiver Perspectives (2021) · cites this paper as [65]

  • This distinction was discussed by (65), who found participants wishing to reflect on and integrate the disorder experience into a new identity, while others wished to leave the experience behind and focus on symptom management.

    “This distinction was discussed by (65), who found participants wishing to reflect on and integrate the disorder experience into a new identity, while others wished to leave the experience behind and focus on symptom management.”

    From Recovery from Severe Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review of Service User and Informal Caregiver Perspectives (2021) · cites this paper as [65]

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Authors
de Jager, A., Rhodes, P., Beavan, V., Holmes, D., McCabe, K., Thomas, N., McCarthy-Jones, S., Lampshire, D., & Hayward, M.
Affiliations
  • The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • ACAP University College (AU)
  • St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (AU)
  • Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
  • Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • University of Auckland (NZ)
  • University of Sussex (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Qualitative Health Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2015-04-20
Volume
26
Issue
10
Pages
1409-1423
ISSN
  • 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7557
DOI
10.1177/1049732315581602
OpenAlex
W2153530537
Cited by
65
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
13.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (cc-by)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (WT098455)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
Keywords
voice hearing, psychosis, recovery, lived experience, identity transformation, medication, mental health services
MeSH terms
Hallucinations, Humans, Power, Psychological, Voice, Narration

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