The dialectic of friendship for people with psychiatric disabilities.
KM Boydell, BM Gladstone… - Psychiatric Rehabilitation …, 2002 - psycnet.apa.org
KM Boydell, BM Gladstone, ES Crawford
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 2002•psycnet.apa.orgIn the psychiatric literature, the meaning and importance of friendship has remained largely
unexplored, subsumed under the rubric of social support or viewed as a component of
community integration. Twenty-one qualitative interviews were conducted with individuals
suffering from psychiatric disabilities (aged 27-61 yrs) focusing on the meaning of friendship
as they described it. Analysis revealed the contrasts, contradiction and paradox of friendship
for this group of people. The ongoing struggles of people with psychiatric disabilities …
unexplored, subsumed under the rubric of social support or viewed as a component of
community integration. Twenty-one qualitative interviews were conducted with individuals
suffering from psychiatric disabilities (aged 27-61 yrs) focusing on the meaning of friendship
as they described it. Analysis revealed the contrasts, contradiction and paradox of friendship
for this group of people. The ongoing struggles of people with psychiatric disabilities …
Abstract
In the psychiatric literature, the meaning and importance of friendship has remained largely unexplored, subsumed under the rubric of social support or viewed as a component of community integration. Twenty-one qualitative interviews were conducted with individuals suffering from psychiatric disabilities (aged 27-61 yrs) focusing on the meaning of friendship as they described it. Analysis revealed the contrasts, contradiction and paradox of friendship for this group of people. The ongoing struggles of people with psychiatric disabilities regarding the need to connect with others and have friends, and conversely, the need to be alone and to withdraw from others, was highlighted.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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