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Att arbeta med psykisk kris -En kvalitativ studie om sjukhuskuratorer

Arfwidsson, Ebba LU and Wärmegård, Mikaela LU (2014) SOPA63 20141
School of Social Work
Abstract
Mental crisis is according to Johan Cullberg (2006) a reaction pattern in which a
person suffering from acute internal or external stresses which occur when one's life
experiences and behaviour are not sufficient to cope with the new life situation you are
in. We think that we as future social workers often can come across mental crisis in
our work. As we think we don´t learn enough about mental crisis in our education we
were worried about what this means for our future profession in social work.
We have made a qualitative study and used semi-structured interviews. We chose to
interview six counselors at a children 's Hospital who daily face guardians in crisis to
examine how they perceive their role and influence in the crisis.... (More)
Mental crisis is according to Johan Cullberg (2006) a reaction pattern in which a
person suffering from acute internal or external stresses which occur when one's life
experiences and behaviour are not sufficient to cope with the new life situation you are
in. We think that we as future social workers often can come across mental crisis in
our work. As we think we don´t learn enough about mental crisis in our education we
were worried about what this means for our future profession in social work.
We have made a qualitative study and used semi-structured interviews. We chose to
interview six counselors at a children 's Hospital who daily face guardians in crisis to
examine how they perceive their role and influence in the crisis. To analyse their
perceived role and influence, we have used the theoretical concepts of personal,
private and professional by Greta Marie Skau, Theory and Practice by Magdalene
Thomassen and Role and Professional Identity by Lisbeth Johnsson and Hans
Lindgren.
In our results, we concluded that all the interviewees think it is not enough education
about crisis in the education for social work to work as a counselor in a hospital.
However, it emerged from the interviews that the experience has a major impact on
knowledge about meeting people in crisis. Through this experience you get
comfortable in your professional role and identity. As a counselor in a hospital it is
required that you are personal in your contact with the patients, but it is important to
distinguish between your own feelings and the patient's feelings, as it is easy to be
affected. (Less)
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author
Arfwidsson, Ebba LU and Wärmegård, Mikaela LU
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organization
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SOPA63 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Crisis, mental crisis, support, parenting, ill children, counselor, work experience, professional identity
language
Swedish
id
4463666
date added to LUP
2014-06-13 08:48:51
date last changed
2014-06-13 08:48:51
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  abstract     = {{Mental crisis is according to Johan Cullberg (2006) a reaction pattern in which a
person suffering from acute internal or external stresses which occur when one's life
experiences and behaviour are not sufficient to cope with the new life situation you are
in. We think that we as future social workers often can come across mental crisis in
our work. As we think we don´t learn enough about mental crisis in our education we
were worried about what this means for our future profession in social work.
We have made a qualitative study and used semi-structured interviews. We chose to
interview six counselors at a children 's Hospital who daily face guardians in crisis to
examine how they perceive their role and influence in the crisis. To analyse their
perceived role and influence, we have used the theoretical concepts of personal,
private and professional by Greta Marie Skau, Theory and Practice by Magdalene
Thomassen and Role and Professional Identity by Lisbeth Johnsson and Hans
Lindgren.
In our results, we concluded that all the interviewees think it is not enough education
about crisis in the education for social work to work as a counselor in a hospital.
However, it emerged from the interviews that the experience has a major impact on
knowledge about meeting people in crisis. Through this experience you get
comfortable in your professional role and identity. As a counselor in a hospital it is
required that you are personal in your contact with the patients, but it is important to
distinguish between your own feelings and the patient's feelings, as it is easy to be
affected.}},
  author       = {{Arfwidsson, Ebba and Wärmegård, Mikaela}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att arbeta med psykisk kris -En kvalitativ studie om sjukhuskuratorer}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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