Bored in Board-and-Care and Other Settings: Perspectives of Latinos With Schizophrenia.
Bored in Board-and-Care and Other Settings: Perspectives of Latinos With Schizophrenia.
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对寄宿和护理和其他环境感到厌倦:拉丁裔精神分裂症患者的观点。
DOI:
10.1176/appi.ps.201600064
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2016
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Palmer,BartonW
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Barrio,Concepción;Fuentes,Dahlia;Hernandez,Mercedes;Helu-Brown,Paula;Palmer,BartonW
TO THE EDITOR: The problem of boredom among persons with psychiatric problems may be an impediment to meaningful social integration and recovery (1). Boredom is defined as a subjectively unpleasant state arising from situations construed as monotonous in which individuals may experience a disconnection from the social world (2); it should be distinguished from negative symptoms (3). Research on boredom in psychiatric populations is underdeveloped (2) and has excluded the perspectives of Latinos with schizophrenia. Our practice and research experiences have corroborated the ubiquitous nature of boredom as a legitimate problem among persons with schizophrenia. We report here on data from qualitative interviews conducted with 13 Latinos with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The data are part of a larger study to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the informed consent process. Boredom emerged as a salient theme related to research participation. The study was approved by the University of California, San Diego, Institutional Review Board and the San Diego County Mental Health Services Research Committee. A grounded theory approach was used for qualitative analysis of transcribed interviews.Participants were Latinos of Mexican origin. More than half of the 13 participants were women (N57, 54%), and most participants preferred using the Spanish language (N511, 85%). The average age was 47.769. 6. Most participants (N510, 77%) lived with family or others. As participants noted in their interviews, participation in research represented social interaction, engaging in conversation with “normal people,” and having the opportunity “to learn something.” Participants’ statements that they were “just sitting here” and that “there’s nothing to do”