”En gång knarkare, alltid knarkare” Metadon: Stöd eller stigma?
(2014) SOPA63 20132School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to show the life situation of the methadone patients’ in Sweden and what the methadone treatment may mean in the clients’ everyday lives. Our two main questions were: How do the methadone patients’ describe that they are being treated by their surrounding and the methadone program? How do the methadone patients’ describe that the methadone treatment has affected them in their lives? This study is based on seven semi structured interviews. Theories about stigma, labeling theory, symbolic interactionism and the construction of a client are central in the analysis of the data. The results showed that methadone patients feel stigmatized by their surroundings, and also feel that the identity is hard to get rid of. The... (More)
- The aim of this study was to show the life situation of the methadone patients’ in Sweden and what the methadone treatment may mean in the clients’ everyday lives. Our two main questions were: How do the methadone patients’ describe that they are being treated by their surrounding and the methadone program? How do the methadone patients’ describe that the methadone treatment has affected them in their lives? This study is based on seven semi structured interviews. Theories about stigma, labeling theory, symbolic interactionism and the construction of a client are central in the analysis of the data. The results showed that methadone patients feel stigmatized by their surroundings, and also feel that the identity is hard to get rid of. The results also showed that the methadone patients feel that the control within the methadone program is too hard and can result in premature dropout from the program or even be a reason to why some may hesitate and refrain from seeking the treatment. The interviewers stress that support from the surrounding is important and can help to achieve abstinence whereas perceived stigma does the opposite and makes the methadone treatment harder. (Less)
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- author
- Werner Hansson, Lovisa LU and Kursumovic, Amra LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- methadone, methadone program, methadone patients, stigma, control
- language
- Swedish
- additional info
- Authors Lovisa Werner Hansson and Amra Kusumovic contributed equally to the article
- id
- 4255596
- date added to LUP
- 2014-01-28 13:48:40
- date last changed
- 2014-01-28 13:48:40
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to show the life situation of the methadone patients’ in Sweden and what the methadone treatment may mean in the clients’ everyday lives. Our two main questions were: How do the methadone patients’ describe that they are being treated by their surrounding and the methadone program? How do the methadone patients’ describe that the methadone treatment has affected them in their lives? This study is based on seven semi structured interviews. Theories about stigma, labeling theory, symbolic interactionism and the construction of a client are central in the analysis of the data. The results showed that methadone patients feel stigmatized by their surroundings, and also feel that the identity is hard to get rid of. The results also showed that the methadone patients feel that the control within the methadone program is too hard and can result in premature dropout from the program or even be a reason to why some may hesitate and refrain from seeking the treatment. The interviewers stress that support from the surrounding is important and can help to achieve abstinence whereas perceived stigma does the opposite and makes the methadone treatment harder.}},
author = {{Werner Hansson, Lovisa and Kursumovic, Amra}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{”En gång knarkare, alltid knarkare” Metadon: Stöd eller stigma?}},
year = {{2014}},
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