TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Struggling for hopefulness: a qualitative study of Swedish women who self-harm
JO  - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
A1  - Lindgren, B.-m.
A1  - Wilstrand, C.
A1  - Gilje, F.
A1  - Olofsson, B.
SP  - 284
EP  - 291
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - There has been an increase in the number of Swedish psychiatric patients who self-harm, yet self-harm is seldom described in published research. The aim of this study was to describe how people who self-harm experience received care and their desired care. Nine participants, all Swedish women who had been treated for inpatient or outpatient psychiatric care, narrated their experiences of care for self-harm. Using qualitative content analysis, two themes were formulated: 'Expecting to be confirmed while being confirmed fosters hopefulness'; and, 'Expecting to be confirmed while not being confirmed stifles hopefulness'. Each of these themes emerged from five subthemes that clustered around positive and negative aspects of being seen-not being seen, being valued-being stigmatized, being connected-disconnected, being believed-doubted, and being understood-not being understood. Of significance is for nurses to view persons who self-harm as human beings and to grasp the importance of being confirmed by staff that can foster hopefulness in persons who self-harm, yet realize the possibility of the paradoxical nature of hopefulness and being confirmed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1351-0126
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00712.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -