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Photography as a Method of Data Collection: Helping People With Long‐Term Mental Illness to Convey Their Life World
Author(s) -
Erdner Anette,
Magnusson Annabella
Publication year - 2011
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.1744-6163.2010.00283.x
Subject(s) - photography , data collection , mental illness , perception , term (time) , psychology , conjunction (astronomy) , mental health , visual arts , nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , sociology , art , social science , astronomy , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to describe a method to help patients with long‐term mental illness describe their life situations—their “life worlds”—through photography. CONCLUSIONS: Photographs and interviews are useful for data collection. The positive effect of this method is allowing informants who have long‐term mental illnesses to express their perceptions. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Nurses can use photography in conjunction with interviews to ascertain the life worlds of their patients.