Coping with psychotic-like experiences without receiving help from mental health care. A qualitative study

Jenny Boumans, Ingrid Baart, Guy Widdershoven and Hans Kroon

Psychosis, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: This study describes the ways in which people with psychotic-like experiences without mental health care manage to achieve successful lives. The qualitative study, which used a grounded-theory approach combined with elements of narrative research, draws on interviews with 18 individuals who were recruited through a self-selection strategy via a national advertisement. The frequency of participants’ psychotic-like symptoms was comparable to that of patients who receive mental health treatment for psychosis; however, participants experienced lower levels of distress. The results provide insight into the variety of strategies and interpretative frameworks participants develop to create and to maintain self-defined successful lives while coping with psychotic-like experiences. Experiential knowledge from people outside care settings can be helpful in the development of more sophisticated activities, ideas, and discussions within the international recovery movement.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2016.1178798

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