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Att se de osynliga barnen - om barn till föräldrar med psykisk sjukdom och konsekvenserna av strävan efter normalitet och undvikandet av stämpling av psykisk sjukdom

Bryland, Mikaela LU (2010) SOPA63 20101
School of Social Work
Abstract
Author: Mikaela Bryland
Title: To see the invisible children – about children with parents suffering from mental illness and the consequences of the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation [translated title]
Supervisor: Gunilla Fredin
Assessor: Sune Sunesson

The purpose of this study was to examine the children with parents suffering from mental illness and their situation when the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation effectively have consequences on the search for help. The aim was to analyse how much the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation have on the children’s lives. In the investigation, interviews were made with professional social workers in contact with the children of... (More)
Author: Mikaela Bryland
Title: To see the invisible children – about children with parents suffering from mental illness and the consequences of the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation [translated title]
Supervisor: Gunilla Fredin
Assessor: Sune Sunesson

The purpose of this study was to examine the children with parents suffering from mental illness and their situation when the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation effectively have consequences on the search for help. The aim was to analyse how much the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation have on the children’s lives. In the investigation, interviews were made with professional social workers in contact with the children of mentally ill parents. The analysis was based on two theory branches of symbolic interactionism, the theory of norms and the search for normality and the theory of labelling and stigmatisation. As a conclusion, the investigation shows the implications of the view of mental illness in society on the children and families living with mental illness, as it is stigmatised in a negative manner. Because of the stigmatization of mental illness, the children do not get in contact with the support they would need, and therefore, the invisibility of the children continue.

Key words: children with parents suffering from mental illness, normality, stigmatisation, labelling. (Less)
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Bryland, Mikaela LU
supervisor
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SOPA63 20101
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
labelling. , stigmatisation, normality, Children with parents suffering from mental illness
language
Swedish
id
1614180
date added to LUP
2010-06-10 16:42:56
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2010-06-10 16:42:56
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  abstract     = {{Author: Mikaela Bryland
Title: To see the invisible children – about children with parents suffering from mental illness and the consequences of the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation [translated title]
Supervisor: Gunilla Fredin
Assessor: Sune Sunesson

The purpose of this study was to examine the children with parents suffering from mental illness and their situation when the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation effectively have consequences on the search for help. The aim was to analyse how much the search for normality and the avoidance of stigmatisation have on the children’s lives. In the investigation, interviews were made with professional social workers in contact with the children of mentally ill parents. The analysis was based on two theory branches of symbolic interactionism, the theory of norms and the search for normality and the theory of labelling and stigmatisation. As a conclusion, the investigation shows the implications of the view of mental illness in society on the children and families living with mental illness, as it is stigmatised in a negative manner. Because of the stigmatization of mental illness, the children do not get in contact with the support they would need, and therefore, the invisibility of the children continue.

Key words: children with parents suffering from mental illness, normality, stigmatisation, labelling.}},
  author       = {{Bryland, Mikaela}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att se de osynliga barnen - om barn till föräldrar med psykisk sjukdom och konsekvenserna av strävan efter normalitet och undvikandet av stämpling av psykisk sjukdom}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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