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<em>”Man bara är en vanlig människa tillsammans med andravanliga människor, och det är väldigt skönt.”</em> : Erfarenheter av det informella sociala nätverket hos personer med en psykosdiagnos / Title:”that is very satisfying.<em>You are just an ordinary human being together with other ordinary human beings, and”</em> : Experiences of the informal social network amongst people who arediagnosed with psychosis.

<p><strong><p>Purpose:</p><p>mental illness and the effect it has on individuals social network and relationships, and vice versa.</p><p>The purpose of this study is to shed light on the rarely mentioned subject of severe<strong> </strong></p><p>Method:</p><p>analysis was performed on a total of 15 interviews, which consists of three individuals with severe mental illness. The focus of the study was the subjects’ description of the social network, excluding clinicians and other professionals.</p>This study is inspired and conducted in a Grounded Theory manner. A secondary<strong><p>Findings:</p><p>may it be with specific individuals or groups. They describe the importance of surrounding themselves with people who do not judge them and it is through them they get validated.</p><p>Places have been emphasised as having special meaning for the social interaction and overall wellbeing for the subjects.</p>There is active actions for social interactions/relationships taken by the subjects,<strong><p>Conclusion:</p><p>their social network. The stigmatization which comes with severe mental illness diagnoses effect their social network constellation. It is therefore of importance for clinicians and other professionals, to recognize patients efforts and active attempts for social interaction.</p><p>The subjects in the study are aware of the demands and expectations that exist in</p></strong></strong></strong></p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:su-42500
Date January 2010
CreatorsAl-Gabban Lindblom, Amad
PublisherStockholm University, Department of Social Work
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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