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Emplacing recovery: how persons diagnosed with psychosis handle stress in cities

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  • Ola Söderström
  • Dag Söderström
  • Zoé Codeluppi
  • Lilith Abrahamyan Empson
  • Philippe Conus

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The background of this study is recent work on the correlation between urban living and psychosis. It is part of a larger interdisciplinary research project using an experience-based approach to the city-psychosis nexus. The aim of this paper is to investigate how, soon after a first episode of psychosis, patients manage urban factors of stress. Methodologically, it is based on video-elicitation interviews of urban walks and ethnographic observations in a community care centre in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. It shows that patients use three tactics: creating sensory bubbles; programming mobility; and creating places of comfort. On the basis of these findings, the paper discusses how the approach and results of our study can inform strategies of recovery that are both user-driven and take into consideration the importance of places and situations in the city in the phase following a first episode.

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  • Ola Söderström & Dag Söderström & Zoé Codeluppi & Lilith Abrahamyan Empson & Philippe Conus, 2017. "Emplacing recovery: how persons diagnosed with psychosis handle stress in cities," Psychosis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(4), pages 322-329, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsyxx:v:9:y:2017:i:4:p:322-329
    DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2017.1344296
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    1. Wilma Boevink & Hans Kroon & Maaike van Vugt & Philippe Delespaul & Jim van Os, 2016. "A user-developed, user run recovery programme for people with severe mental illness: A randomised control trial," Psychosis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(4), pages 287-300, October.
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