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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2018.16.11.521

Phenomenological Study on the Life of People with Schizophrenia  

Park, Mi-Won (Changwon Mental Health Welfare Center)
Eom, Tae-Wan (Dept. of Social Welfare Kyungnam University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.16, no.11, 2018 , pp. 521-533 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to understand the meaning and essence inherent in the life experiences of people with schizophrenia. We approached with phenomenological method, and the research participants were 10 adults, aged 20 or older, who were diagnosed with schizophrenia. As a result, we found four essential themes. The participants with schizophrenia lived a life with special constraints of being thrown to the reality in which they experienced continuing suffering. Nevertheless, their daily lives were maintained on the basis of their own feelings and needs. In this study, we confirmed that they should be understood and treated in the mental health field with the perspective that they are not 'patients' nor a pathological outcome, but a 'human' with schizophrenia.
Keywords
Schizophrenia; Mental Illness; Phenomenological Method; Patient; Human;
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