Chassot Carolina S, Mendes Felismina
University of Évora, Portugal; École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France
University of Évora, Portugal; Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-IUL), Portugal.
Health (London). 2015 Jul;19(4):372-88. doi: 10.1177/1363459314554313. Epub 2014 Oct 14.
This article examines how the personal experiences of mental distress of people involved in the British service user/survivor movement were shaped or transformed by this involvement, and the impact of involvement on their recovery journeys. The analysis was based on 12 in-depth interviews with service users/survivors who are, or were once, involved with the service user/survivor movement. Three large themes were identified regarding the ways in which social movement involvement affected the personal experience of mental distress: (a) making sense and reframing mental distress, (b) the social experience of involvement and (c) identity and identity reconstruction. We discuss how some features of the service user/survivor movement, such as self-help, user involvement, the centrality of experience to collective action, and the range of political positions adopted by activists can affect experience and recovery in different forms. As an exploratory study that looks into a complex topic, our findings illuminate the ways of surviving, recovering and experiencing mental distress in the context of a significant social movement.
本文探讨了参与英国服务使用者/幸存者运动的人们在精神痛苦方面的个人经历是如何因这种参与而形成或转变的，以及参与对他们康复历程的影响。该分析基于对12名目前或曾经参与服务使用者/幸存者运动的服务使用者/幸存者进行的深度访谈。关于社会运动参与影响精神痛苦个人经历的方式，确定了三大主题：（a）理解并重新构建精神痛苦，（b）参与的社会经历，以及（c）身份认同与身份重建。我们讨论了服务使用者/幸存者运动的一些特征，如自助、使用者参与、经验在集体行动中的核心地位以及活动家所采取的一系列政治立场，如何能够以不同形式影响经历和康复。作为一项探究复杂主题的探索性研究，我们的研究结果阐明了在一场重要社会运动背景下生存、康复以及经历精神痛苦的方式。
