IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rpsyxx/v9y2017i2p140-148.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The central role of self-agency in clinical recovery from first episode psychosis

Author

Listed:
  • Jone Bjornestad
  • Kolbjorn Bronnick
  • Larry Davidson
  • Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad
  • Inge Joa
  • Oyvind Kandal
  • Tor Ketil Larsen
  • Johannes Langeveld
  • Marius Veseth
  • Ingrid Melle
  • Jan Olav Johannessen

Abstract

Purpose: While there is accumulating evidence for clinical recovery in a significant proportion of people experiencing a first episode psychosis, the mechanisms facilitating this form of recovery are less well known. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate mechanisms of recovery after a first-episode psychosis as perceived by clinically recovered service users.Methods: Thematic analytic approach within an interpretative–phenomenological framework. Twenty clinically recovered service users were interviewed. Analysis followed an established meaning condensation procedure.Results: Main theme: Establishment of subjective self-agency. Subordinate themes: (1) Environmental support and gentle pressure, (2) Individually tailored assistance, (3) Antipsychotic medication: relinquishing personal responsibility, and considerable side effects.Conclusions: We suggest that an increase in sense of personal agency is a core mechanism driving recovery for participants in the study sample. Findings indicate that interventions aiming to boost subjective and behavioral agency in service users might be of great benefit, particularly in combating negative symptoms of psychosis.

Suggested Citation

  • Jone Bjornestad & Kolbjorn Bronnick & Larry Davidson & Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad & Inge Joa & Oyvind Kandal & Tor Ketil Larsen & Johannes Langeveld & Marius Veseth & Ingrid Melle & Jan Olav Johannes, 2017. "The central role of self-agency in clinical recovery from first episode psychosis," Psychosis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 140-148, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsyxx:v:9:y:2017:i:2:p:140-148
    DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2016.1198828
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17522439.2016.1198828
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/17522439.2016.1198828?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Stasiulis, Elaine & Gibson, Barbara E. & Webster, Fiona & Boydell, Katherine M., 2020. "Resisting governance and the production of trust in early psychosis intervention," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 253(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rpsyxx:v:9:y:2017:i:2:p:140-148. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/RPSY20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.