Being Able to Be Yourself : The Lived Experience of Female Patients in Forensic Psychiatric Care
(2023) In Issues in Mental Health Nursing 44(9). p.816-824- Abstract
People in Sweden who commit at least one crime and suffer from a severe mental disorder can be sentenced to forensic psychiatric care. The aim of this study was to describe and gain a greater understanding of the female patients' experiences of their life situation while being cared for in forensic psychiatric care. Interviews with 15 women were conducted and analyzed with a phenomenological hermeneutical method. The results showed the care and the care environment to be dualistic. The women had to be aware that a close neighbor could also be an enemy. They received care in an environment that was unknown, frightening but at the same time a place where they felt secure, and which was predictable.
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- Revelj, Jessica ; Hörberg, Ulrica ; Wallinius, Märta LU and Rask, Mikael LU
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- publishing date
- 2023-08-22
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Issues in Mental Health Nursing
- volume
- 44
- issue
- 9
- pages
- 816 - 824
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:85168690821
- pmid:37607315
- ISSN
- 1096-4673
- DOI
- 10.1080/01612840.2023.2234474
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- English
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