Citation

Topor A, Ljungqvist I. Community Ment. Health J. 2017; 53(7): 823-831.

Affiliation

Department of Education and Blekinge Centre of Competence, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-017-0146-3

PMID

28497399

Abstract

During a 9-month period, 100 persons with SMI were given approx. 73 USD per month above their normal income. Sixteen of the subjects were interviewed. The interviews were analysed according to the methods of thematic analysis. The money was used for personal pleasure and to re-establish reciprocal relations to others. The ways in which different individuals used the money at their disposal impacted their sense of self through experiences of mastery, agency, reciprocity, recognition and security. The findings underline the importance of including social circumstances in our understanding of mental health problems, their trajectories and the recovery process.

Language: en

Keywords

Poverty; Sense of self; Severe mental illness; Symptoms; social network