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    The lived experience of everyday activity for individuals with severe mental illness

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    Authors
    Milbourn, Ben
    McNamara, Beverley
    Buchanan, Angus
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Milbourn, B. and McNamara, B. and Buchanan, A. 2015. The lived experience of everyday activity for individuals with severe mental illness. Health Sociology Review. 24 (3): pp. 270-282.
    Source Title
    Health Sociology Review
    DOI
    10.1080/14461242.2015.1034747
    ISSN
    1446-1242
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28492
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Engagement in everyday activity is an underplayed area when attempting to understand mental illness. Little is known about the everyday activities of individuals who experience severe mental illness and who are labelled hard to engage. This article reports on the findings of a longitudinal study. Eleven individuals receiving community mental health services were interviewed over a 12-month period through one-to-one meetings using field notes and audio recordings. Phenomenological methodology was employed to explore the types of activities that constituted participants everyday lives and the meanings they attributed to them. Three themes emerged from the findings: illness identity; embodied crisis and managing supports; and boredom. The meanings of everyday activities were conveyed through self-narrative and often as a consequence of the provision of mental health care for the individual. When not receiving medication or attending groups, participants felt alone and bored, trapped in the mundaneness of the everyday.

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