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I am me! Experiencing parenting while dealing with one's own bipolar disorder
- Authors:
- TJOFLÅT Marit, RAMVI Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 11(1), 2013, pp.75-97.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article aims at achieving insight into acquiring an understanding of parenting while dealing with one's own bipolar disorder in Norway. It is based on results from in-depth interviews of six parents with bipolar disorder. The Findings indicated that the parents experienced diverse, complex, compound, and demanding challenges. However, the results also highlighted the fact that parents went through a change and growth process, in which they developed an experience-based competence perceived as being useful due to their living situation, including the strengthening of their parenting function and their personal recovery process. Aspects about how the time dimension in recovery, as well as how parents' dependence on their children can play both a central and paradoxical role in their lives, are discussed. Implications for the support system are discussed.
Secrecy, adaptation, and liminality in early-onset bipolar disorder: reflections from a sample of emerging adults
- Authors:
- SMYTH Kristin M., SALLOUM A. A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 17(6), 2019, pp.723-742.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Early-onset bipolar disorder (EOBD) diagnoses have increased, yet much remains to be understood about its impact on developmental considerations that influence the course of illness and treatment. This qualitative study utilized semi-structured interviews to explore the experience of stigma, self-stigma, and identity associated with EOBD during adolescence. Participants described experiencing changes in identity and stigma and self-stigma across seven sub-themes: adaptation and integration, emotional adjustment, secrecy and selective disclosure of illness, change in identity and sense of self, labelling, self-labelling, and challenging and rejecting labelling. Implications of findings for social work practice and directions for future research are discussed. (Publisher abstract)
Social aspects of the workplace among individuals with bipolar disorder
- Authors:
- O'DONNELL Lisa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 8(3), 2017, pp.379-398.
- Publisher:
- Society for Social Work and Research
This cross-sectional study employed logistic and linear regressions to determine which demographic variables, mood symptoms, and social aspects of the work environment (exclusion, conflict, social support, stigma) were associated with work status (working vs. not working) and work functioning for individuals with bipolar disorder I and II. The results found greater stigma and exclusion at work (p < .05) are associated with unemployment among adult individuals with BD, and higher degrees of depression and conflict at work (p < .05) are associated with work impairments for employed individuals. By examining two distinct measures of work outcomes (work status and work functioning) within the same group of participants, this study provides a unique insight, revealing that predictors of occupational functioning vary based on the specific measure of work outcomes used. This study also emphasises the need for treatments that address the clinical features of BD and intervene in the work environment to improve functioning and prevent unemployment among individuals with BD. (Edited publisher abstract)
Perceived stigma and depression among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder
- Authors:
- PERLICK Deborah A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 190(6), June 2007, pp.535-536.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study investigates the associations between perceived stigma, depressive symptoms and coping among caregivers of people with bipolar disorder. Caregivers of 500 people with DSM–IV bipolar disorder responded to measures of these constructs at study entry. Patients’ clinical and functional status were evaluated within 30 days of the caregiver assessment. Perceived stigma was positively associated with caregiver depressive symptoms, controlling for patient status and socio-demographic factors. Social support and avoidance coping accounted for 63% of the relationship between caregiver stigma and depression. Results suggest that caregivers’ perceptions of stigma may negatively affect their mental health by reducing their coping effectiveness.
Violence, stigma and psychiatric diagnosis: the effects of a history of violence on psychiatric diagnosis
- Authors:
- CLARKE Tom, ROWE Renarta
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 30(7), July 2006, pp.254-256.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The aim of the study was to investigate whether psychiatrists consider that patients with schizophrenia present a greater risk of violence than patients with other forms of mental illness. Two pairs of clinical vignettes were devised. In each pair, one contained a history of violence and one did not. One vignette was mailed to each of 2000 consultant psychiatrists in the UK. Respondents were asked to give a preferred diagnosis. Rates of diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia were compared within vignette pairs. For each pair of vignettes, the rate of diagnosis of schizophrenia was higher (33 v. 21.5%, P=0.008 and 44.4 v. 32.1%, P=0.011), and the rate of diagnosis of bipolar disorder was lower (44.2 v. 62.6%, P<0.0005 and 34.9 v. 49.3%, P=0.004), among those who received the vignette containing a history of violence. A history of violence may lead to an increased likelihood of receiving a diagnosis of schizophrenia as opposed to bipolar affective disorder. This bias in diagnostic decision-making may affect the treatment received by a patient and may perpetuate and exacerbate the stigma associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.