Youth experiences of living with mental health problems: emergence, loss, adaptation and recovery (ELAR)
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Current understanding of youth aged 15-24 experiencing mental health problems is limited. Through a qualitative analysis of the subjective experiences of 7 male and 6 female youths, 4 core categories emerged as stages that described the participants' process of mental illness: emergence, loss, adaptation, and recovery. Results showed that youth experiencing mental health problems felt stigmatized and labelled, and experienced multiple losses of identity, family, career choices, and educational and social standing. Participants reported that having mental health problems disrupted their transition from adolescence to young adulthood; however, these data reveal how youth adapt and recover. Implications of the findings in this study will be useful in identifying youth-focused interventions that may help professionals assist youth more effectively in their recovery process.
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This contrasting view of recovery was also present in different identity goals, with some service users striving to develop a "new self" by learning from their experience, and others wanting to return to the roles and occupation or everyday activities from before experiencing mental health problems.
“This contrasting view of recovery was also present in different identity goals, with some service users striving to develop a “new self” by learning from their experience (62, 63), and others wanting to return to the roles and occupation or everyday activities from before experiencing mental health problems (58, 64).”
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- Authors
- Leavey, J. E.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Leavey, JoAnn Elizabeth
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
- Published
- 2005-09-01
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 109-126
- ISSN
- 0713-3936 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2093401725
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Keywords
- youth mental health, subjective experience, mental illness, stigma, transition from adolescence to young adulthood, adaptation, recovery, lived experience
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Attitude, Mental Disorders, Convalescence, Humans, Self Concept, Stereotyping
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