Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Perspect Public Health. 2023 Jul;143(4):202-210. doi: 10.1177/17579139211035161. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
To explore insights between friendship and mental health through a critical narrative inquiry. To conceptualise friendship and inform public health approaches to loneliness and mental health.
Seventeen interviews were conducted with middle-age people who had experienced mental health difficulties. Stories were subjected to a narrative analysis and interrogated further using critical theory.
Compassion in friendship reduces alterity and loneliness, and results in mutual discovery of dignity in relation to distress and stage of life. This is not achievable in all friendship.
The temporary encounter of friendship can provide new bases for authentically relating. Through dignity and authenticity, friendship can contribute to mental health and reduce loneliness. Suggestions are made to inform public health approaches to friendship.
通过批判性叙事探究探索友谊与心理健康之间的关联。对友谊进行概念化，并为孤独和心理健康的公共卫生方法提供信息。
对 17 名经历过心理健康困难的中年人进行了访谈。故事采用叙事分析，并进一步使用批判理论进行了探究。
友谊中的同情心减少了隔阂和孤独感，并使双方在痛苦和生活阶段中相互发现了尊严。并非所有友谊都能做到这一点。
友谊的短暂相遇可以为真正的关系提供新的基础。通过尊严和真实性，友谊可以促进心理健康并减少孤独感。提出了一些建议，以告知有关友谊的公共卫生方法。
