Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

PERCEPTION OF ILLNESS AMONG PERSONS LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Dr. Justin P. J

Abstract :

Lived experiences are the first–hand accounts of an individual on a life event, situation or a phenomenon that they have gone through. There are various theoretical ways of understanding schizophrenia but a subjective experience will provide us with a person centred version which varies from person to person. This paper analyses how the persons living with schizophrenia (PLWS) perceive their illness which is constituted mainly by their lived experiences. The background study of this paper was conducted among ten participants who lived with schizophrenia for a minimum period of five years. Stigma has been seen as major content of these lived experiences of PLWS. The result also showed that lived experiences were influenced by the symptoms of the illness, experiences of stigma, duration of illness. The participants perceived the illness as a ‘bad illness’, ‘illness that everyone hesitates to talk about’ and considered as a ‘disgrace’.

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PERCEPTION OF ILLNESS AMONG PERSONS LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, Dr. Justin P.J PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020

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