RECONSTRUCTING A SENSE OF SELF IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MENTAL-ILLNESS

Authors
CZUCHTA DM JOHNSON BA
Citation
Dm. Czuchta et Ba. Johnson, RECONSTRUCTING A SENSE OF SELF IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MENTAL-ILLNESS, Perspectives in psychiatric care, 34(3), 1998, pp. 31-36
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Nursing
Journal title
Perspectives in psychiatric care → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315990
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
31 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5990(1998)34:3<31:RASOSI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
TOPIC. The loss and reconstruction of self in patients with a chronic mental illness. PURPOSE. To describe the loss of self and its reconstr uction. SOURCES. The author's own clinical work and review of the lite rature. CONCLUSIONS. Nurses can help patients who have undergone a los s of self to discover a more active sense of self, take stock of the s elf, put the self into action, and use the enhanced self as a refuge. This process involves the fostering of hope.