Making Sense of Recovery From First Psychosis With Antipsychotic Medication: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

Recovering from a first psychosis is a highly individual process and requires the person to make sense of their experiences. Clinicians, in turn, need to comprehend these first-person perspectives, creating a mutual sense-making dynamic. Antipsychotic medication is a substantial part of psychosis treatment. Providing insight in the lived experience of recovery with antipsychotics could improve the mutual understanding and help bridge the gap between the perspective of the clinician and that of the person recovering from psychosis.

Study design

14 persons in recovery from a first psychosis with the use of antipsychotics were interviewed. Their narratives were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).

Study results

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SUBMITTER: Dijkstra SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11548922 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature