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Disability Identity Formation in People with Severe Mental Illness and Treatment Seeking and Compliance: A Participatory Action Research Study

Sommers, Kimberly M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1373616415

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2014, Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), Wright State University, School of Professional Psychology.
The study of facilitators of treatment seeking and compliance in people with severe mental illness represents a significant gap in the current literature. The present study, using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, attempted to identify facilitators to treatment seeking and compliance through the lived experiences of people living with severe mental illness. Interviews were used to gather information about the experience of people with severe mental illness regarding disability identity development, recovery, interactions with treatment and treatment providers, the experience of being diagnosed with a severe mental illness, and the impact of psychiatric disability on family, friends, and functioning. Results reflected the importance of religion and spirituality, trust, coping and self-care, disability identity, and social and family support as key facilitators to treatment seeking and compliance in people with severe mental illness. Implications for the provision of services to people with severe mental illness and for future research are discussed.
Julie Williams, Psy.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Michelle Schultz, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
Irma Johnston, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
188 p.
Psychology
severe mental illness; disability; disability identity; PAR; psychiatric disability; recovery; facilitators; treatment seeking; treatment compliance

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  • Sommers, K. M. (2014). Disability Identity Formation in People with Severe Mental Illness and Treatment Seeking and Compliance: A Participatory Action Research Study [Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1373616415

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sommers, Kimberly. Disability Identity Formation in People with Severe Mental Illness and Treatment Seeking and Compliance: A Participatory Action Research Study. 2014. Wright State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1373616415.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sommers, Kimberly. "Disability Identity Formation in People with Severe Mental Illness and Treatment Seeking and Compliance: A Participatory Action Research Study." Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1373616415

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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