Gaining Personhood of People with Mentally Illnesses

这项研究的目的是回答以下两个问题：a)精神病患者在正常化过程中面临的困难是什么？B)他们采取了哪些应对策略来应对已查明的困难？13名被调查者参与了这项研究，讲述生活故事。关于第一个问题，与会者认为没有尊严的待遇是最困难的。他们说，困难不是他们的疾病，而是他们没有受到有尊严的待遇。参与者认为，他们以漠不关心的方式接受的治疗是他们必须坚持的最困难的事情。以下是他们面临的具体困难：a)医务人员对参与者未来的愿望漠不关心或漠不关心；b)打碎了恢复正常生活的梦想，包括有固定的工作和结婚：c)被医务人员视为不称职的成年人；d)在工作中被同事视为空闲的个人；e)不得不表现出行为作为防御机制，试图在绝望中掩盖病情。因此，参与者认为自己是“毫无价值的存在”。然而，他们中的一些人之所以能够将自己转变为“有价值的人”，是因为以下因素：a)知道自己的诊断；b)面对现实；c)有一个由他们可以信任的医生和同事组成的良好支持系统。在此之前，参与者必须接受命令。他们没有被告知要做什么，包括服药依从性，而是开始获得依赖，包括服药依从性，这要归功于与他们分享疾病经历的支持小组。通过讲述他们的故事，他们能够发展出一种新的自我概念。

The purpose of the study was to answer the two questions ; a) what are the difficulties the mentally ill face throughout their normalization processes? b) what coping strategies they employ in order to combat identified difficulties? Thirteen informants participated in the study to narrate life stories. For the first question ; the participants identified treatment not with dignity as the most difficult. They stated that the difficulty was not their illness, but the fact that they had not been treated with dignity. The participants identified treatments they received in a uncaring manner as the most difficult thing they had to persevere. The following were specific difficulties they faced: a) medical staff's oblivious or uncaring manner toward the participants' aspirations in future ; b) shattered dreams of getting back to normal life that included having regular jobs and getting married : c) treated as inadequate adults by medical staff ; d) regarded as idling individuals by co-workers at work ; and e) having to display behaviors as defense mechanism in an attempt to conceal the conditions in desperation. As a result, the participants regarded themselves as "valueless existence". Some of them were, however, able to transform themselves into "valued beings" because of the following factors : a) knowing their diagnoses ; b) facing with reality ; and c) having a good support system of physicians and co-workers they could trust. Until then, the participants were subject to being ordered. Instead of being told what to do including drug compliance, they started to gain their dependence including drug adherence, thanks to the support group with whom they shared their illness experiences. Through narrating their stories, they were able to develop a new self-concept.