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Social Processes of Young Adults’ Recovery and Identity Formation during Life-Disruptive Mental Distress—A Meta-Ethnography

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  • Ida Marie Skou Storm

    (Research Unit, Mental Health Services East, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 16, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
    Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
    Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 6, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark)

  • Anne Kathrine Kousgaard Mikkelsen

    (Research Unit, Mental Health Services East, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 16, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
    Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 6, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark)

  • Mari Holen

    (Health and Society, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark)

  • Lisbeth Hybholt

    (Research Unit, Mental Health Services East, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 16, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
    Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
    Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 6, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark)

  • Stephen Fitzgerald Austin

    (Research Unit, Mental Health Services East, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 16, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
    Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 6, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark
    Institute for Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark)

  • Lene Lauge Berring

    (Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
    Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, 6, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark)

Abstract

Young people’s mental health recovery is well-explored in empirical research, yet there is a lack of meta-studies synthesizing the characteristics of young people’s recovery. This meta-ethnography explores young adults’ recovery during life-disruptive experiences of early psychosis or schizophrenia. Based on a systematic literature review search, 11 empirical qualitative studies were included for synthesis. Inspired by young people’s prominent experience of social isolation in the included studies, we applied an interpretive lens of belonging deriving from the sociology of youth. The synthesis presents five themes: (1) expectations of progression in youth in contrast with stagnation during psychosis, (2) feeling isolated, lost and left behind, (3) young adults’ recovery involves belonging with other young people, (4) forming identity positions of growth and disability during psychosis, and the summarizing line of argument, (5) navigating relational complexities in the process of recovery. While suffering from social isolation, young people’s recovery is conceived as getting on with life, like any other young person involving connecting and synchronizing life rhythms with their age peers. Socializing primarily with caring adults entails being stuck in the position of a child, while connecting with young people enables the identity positions of young people. This synthesis can inspire support for young people’s recovery through social inclusion in youth environments.

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  • Ida Marie Skou Storm & Anne Kathrine Kousgaard Mikkelsen & Mari Holen & Lisbeth Hybholt & Stephen Fitzgerald Austin & Lene Lauge Berring, 2023. "Social Processes of Young Adults’ Recovery and Identity Formation during Life-Disruptive Mental Distress—A Meta-Ethnography," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(17), pages 1-24, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:17:p:6653-:d:1225652
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