Murphy Gillian, Peters Kathleen, Wilkes Lesley M, Jackson Debra
a Western Sydney University , School of Nursing and Midwifery , Penrith South DC, New South Wales , Australia.
b Oxford Brookes University , Faculty of Health & Life Sciences , Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford , United Kingdom ; University of New England , School of Health, Armidale , New South Wales , Australia.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2016 Sep;37(9):668-673. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2016.1178359. Epub 2016 May 18.
There is a limited body of research that focuses on experiences of families of people with mental illness. While the body of knowledge concerning children of parents with mental illness is increasing, there remains limited discourse surrounding the experiences of adults who have lived with childhood parental mental illness. This paper examined one major theme of a study focusing on parenting narratives of adults who had experienced childhood parental mental illness. The narrative study from a metropolitan area of Australia reflects adult children's experiences of being overwhelmed with parental mental illness. They felt unsure of their own emotions and felt they had lost a sense of who they were as individual people. Adult children felt confused about their sense of reality, particularly for those whose parent had a diagnosis of schizophrenia or psychosis. Their experiences of loss were closely associated with changing self identity. Furthermore, many of the narratives demonstrated experiences of grief for adult children. Greater understanding of adult children's perceptions of being parented by a person with mental illness, alongside their experiences of loss, has the potential to help health and social care professionals to facilitate greater resilience for families who are living with parental mental illness.
关注精神疾病患者家庭经历的研究数量有限。虽然关于父母患有精神疾病的子女的知识体系在不断增加，但围绕有童年时期父母患精神疾病经历的成年人的经历的讨论仍然有限。本文探讨了一项针对有童年时期父母患精神疾病经历的成年人养育叙事研究的一个主要主题。来自澳大利亚一个大都市地区的叙事研究反映了成年子女因父母精神疾病而不堪重负的经历。他们对自己的情绪感到不确定，觉得自己失去了作为个体的自我认知。成年子女对自己的现实感感到困惑，尤其是对于那些父母被诊断患有精神分裂症或精神病的人。他们的失落经历与自我身份的变化密切相关。此外，许多叙事展示了成年子女的悲伤经历。更深入地了解成年子女对由患有精神疾病的人养育的看法，以及他们的失落经历，有可能帮助健康和社会护理专业人员增强与父母患有精神疾病共同生活的家庭的复原力。
