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Reconstructing a Sense of Self in Patients With Chronic Mental Illness
Author(s) -
Czuchta Donna M.,
Johnson Barbara A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1998.tb01004.x
Subject(s) - psychology of self , mental illness , psychology , action (physics) , psychotherapist , self , psychiatry , medicine , mental health , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
TOPIC. The loss and reconstruction of self in patients with a chronic mental illness. PURPOSE. To describe the loss of self and its reconstruction. SOURCES. The authors' own clinical work and review of the literature. CONCLUSIONS. Nurses can help patients who have undergone a loss of self to discover a more active sense of self, take stock of the self, put the self into action, and use the enhanced self as a refuge. This process involves the fostering of hope.