Borderline személyiségzavarral élők pszichiátriai tapasztalata és a diagnózisnak való értelemadás folyamata

Abstract

Background and Aims: The diagnostic process is an important milestone in the history of a mental illness. Many qualitative studies tried to explore different aspects of personality disorder as an experience, but no idiographic study of the personal account of personality disorder has been conducted on a Hungarian sample to focus on the subjective experience of the diagnostic process. Our research questions were: How do psychiatric patients experience their treatment in the institution? How do they interpret the diagnosis they receive? How does the diagnosis affect their identity?
Methods: Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used analyzing the semi-structured interviews. The study involved 6 participants: 4 women and 2 men, aged 19–32, treated in an acute psychiatric ward.
Results: Three main themes emerged from the analysis of the interviews: 1) The road to psychiatry: drift and vulnerability; 2) The diagnostic process and the experience of psychiatric inpatient; and 3) The turning point in self-awareness.
Discussion: A key condition for recovery is the acceptance and integration of an appropriate diagnosis into identity, which is significantly facilitated by the attitude of the caregivers during the psychiatric stay.