Återhämtning från psykossjukdom
The objective of this study is to understand how people with psychiatric diseases who are enrolled at a psychiatric clinic experience the recovery process and which internal motivations and external factors influence the process. The study is based on interviews with five people who have been enrolled at a psychiatric clinic. Another aim of the study is to understand how the importance of the outpatient care for the personal recovery and the improvement opportunities of the support from the rehabilitation unit that the interviewees see. The study is qualitative and abductive approach was chosen. This means that the study is based on empirical data supported by established theories. The interviews have been semi-structured and the results have been analyzed based on previous research about recovery from psychiatric diseases.The results show that there are several similarities between the individual recovery stories in the study and there are also clear links to the findings of the international research that has been taken into account in this study. The study shows a painful but at the same time hopeful recovery process where all respondents developed strategies to handle the psychiatric disease and the symptoms of it. The medication, some kind of faith and memories of life before the psychiatric disease occurred all proved to be of importance in the recovery process. It is also clear that the recovery process is closely related to a social process where friends, colleagues, family members and professional caretakers contribute with support, continuity and by creating a sense of belonging. Furthermore, the study shows that the closest family not only has an externally supporting function. It also works as an inner motivation to keep on fighting to get back. The meeting premises of the psychiatric clinic and the accessibility of the caretakers also proved to be of importance in the recovery process. Three clear improvement opportunities where discovered in the study: More organized group activities for a specific type of patients, increased knowledge sharing and transfer about psychiatric diseases and that people involved in the process pass on a stronger feeling of hope.