I arbetslöshetens skugga Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur arbetslösa ensamstående mödrar som uppbär försörjningsstöd upplever denna livssituation, hur den påverkar deras identitet och självbild samt hur de upplever att deras livssituation påverkar deras barn. Vi utförde en kvalitativ studie genom att intervjua fem mammor som befinner sig i denna situation. Utifrån intervjuerna nådde vi resultat som pekar på att dessa mammor upplever att de befinner sig i utsatta livssituationer och upplever sin ekonomiska situation mycket ansträngd. Resultatet visar även på att dessa mammor upplever sig och sina barn påverkas både socialt och materiellt och att de kan få försämrade självbilder utifrån detta – även om detta inte alltid stämmer. En önskan hos mammorna om att kunna göra mer för sina barn än vad ekonomin tillåter har framkommit. Vi har sett tendenser till att omgivningens syn på dessa mammor förändrats på olika sätt samt att de kan uppleva sig och sina barn bli utstötta och stigmatiserade av omgivningen på grund av livssituationen. / In the shadow of unemployment The purpose of this paper is to explore how unemployed single mothers who receive income support are experiencing this life, how it affects their identity and self-image and how they feel their lives affect their children. We conducted a qualitative study through interviews of five mothers who find themselves in this situation. From the interviews, we achieved results that indicate that these mothers feel that they are in vulnerable situations and perceive their economic situation was very difficult. The results also show that these mothers perceive themselves and their children are affected both socially and materially, and that their self-images also may become lowered because of that. A desire by mothers to be able to do more for their children than the economy permits has emerged. We have seen signs that the ambient views on these mothers have changed in different ways and that they can experience themselves and their children be excluded and stigmatized by their surroundings because of the life situation.

According to the statistics, the number of older inmates in prison is increasing, and the care needs for this group are relatively unexplored. The purpose was to study prison officer’s perceptions of older inmates and their care needs. The study was based on a qualitative approach in which prison officers at one prison were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed based on earlier research and from a social constructionist perspective. The study highlighted the problems that might arise for frail older inmates when the prison is not suited for their specific needs. The result indicated that elderly with specific care needs were moved to prisons that were more adapted and there prison officers had the proper competence. The study also showed that frailty among inmates of all ages were common and not only among older inmates. Another result of the study reveals a lack of knowledge about the elderly and their care needs in the education of prison officers. The study also showed differences in the mental health of the inmates which depended on their social status and also were related to what kind of crime they had committed.

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Syftet med denna studie är att förstå motiv till medverkan samt att tolka de erfarenheter som har gjorts av personer som har medverkat och hjälpt personal som träningsklienter i en rehabiliteringsutbildning. De medverkande var personer med allvarlig psykisk sjukdom och omfattande funktionsnedsättningar. Det var oklart varför dessa personer samtyckte till att medverka och också hur de upplevde medverkan. En tes var att de valde att medverka utifrån en förhoppning om att få tillgång till hjälp och stöd och en möjlighet att rehabilitera sig själva. Kontext för studien är Rehabiliteringsprojektet i Hallands län som pågick mellan åren 2005 – 2008 och de utbildningssatsningar som ingick i detta sammanhang. Urvalsunderlaget avgränsades till träningsklienter i två utbildningsgrupper som pågick under vardera tre terminer. Utifrån problemställningens och forskningsfrågornas natur valdes kvalitativ metod med en induktiv ansats. En metodtriangulering användes sedan i samband med datainsamling och analys. En enkätundersökning genomfördes och därefter tio löst strukturerade djupintervjuer. Innehållsanalys användes för att besvara forskningsfråga ett. Strukturanalys, hermeneutisk metod i den anda som beskrivits av Hans-George Gadamer (2007) användes för att besvara forskningsfrågorna två och tre. Dessa personer som var träningsklienter i rehabiliteringsutbildningen beskrev att det var mot bakgrund av otillfredsställda hjälp- och stödbehov som man samtyckte till att medverka. Resultatet i innehållsanalysen visar att deras motiv för medverkan var behov av att känna sig betydelsefulla, få stöd och att komma vidare. Resultatet i strukturanalysen visar att rollen som träningsklient var komplex och att dessa personer ställdes inför oväntade krav och erfor en belastning. Resultatet i strukturanalysen visar dock att det i komplexiteten fanns utrymme att växa och att medverkan ledde till en rehabilitering och gav stöd i den egna återhämtningen / The aim of this study is to understand the motives of individuals who agreed to help staff participating in a psychiatric rehabilitation training, and to interpret and gain a deeper understanding of their experiences during this process. The participating was persons with sever metal illness and long term disabilities. We were unclear as to the reasons they had decided to paticipate and how they experienced their involvement. There was a theory that these people chose to paticipate based on the hope of gaining access to support and the possibility of beginning with their own rehabilitation. The context for this study was the Rehabilitation project that operated during the years 2005 – 2008 in the County of Halland in Sweden and the training interventions which it included. The sample consisted of two different training groups, with a durration of 18 moths each. A qualitative method was chosen based on the nature of the problem statement and the research questions. Method triangulation was used in connection with the data collection and analysis. In order to answer research question one, a questionairre study was completed and followed by ten semistructured deep interviews. This material was analyzed by utilizing content analysis. In order to answer questions two and three, data from the ten deep interviews was used and this material was analysed based on structural analysis, emphasizing a hermeneutic method as described by Hans-Goerge Gadamer (2007). These individuals, all training clients in the psychiatric rehabilitation education, described a need for more professional support that preceeded their paticipation. The results in the content analysis shows that their motive for paticipation included a need to feel important, a need to acess support and to move forward. The results in the structural analysis showed that the role as training client was complex and they faced unexpected demands or expectations and experienced pressure. At the same time, the results showed that within this complexity there was room to grow and that their paticipation led to a rehabilitation of their own and support in their personal recovery.

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ABSTRACT   Nature of essay:                C-level, 15 points Page count:                        47 Title:                                   The last way out… -A qualitative study of psychiatric staff and service users attitude to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Author:                              Hanna Nilsson   Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) of professionals and service users within a user organization – Riksförbundet för social och mental hälsa. (RSMH) Questions: Does the psychiatric staff believe that there are preconceptions about electroconvulsive therapy? What motivates service user’s choice of electroconvulsive therapy? Do the psychiatric staff and the service users think that the positive effects of ECT can outweigh the possible negative side effects? Method: Qualitative study. The study is based on interviews with psychiatric staff that works with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and with services users who have received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Results: The result showed that the psychiatric staff feels that preconceived ideas occur about the treatment of ECT, and that it is affecting their approach to work. Service users motivate their choice by how bad they felt under the depression, and that ECT was their only choice left, that´s why psychiatric staff suggested the treatment. The positive effects of ECT outweighed the possible negative side effects because life is something you value higher than any memory loss and when there is currently no treatment having a similar efficiency. Keywords: Electroconvulsive therapy, Attitudes, Side effects, Experience, Patients, Professionals