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KMID : 1151020200480020092
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Mental Health & Social Work
2020 Volume.48 No. 2 p.92 ~ p.121
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The Self-help Group Experiences of Family of an Adult with a Mental Illness
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Han Ji-Yeon
Park Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to understand the self-help group experiences among family of an adult with a mental illness, and to explore the meanings of experience. Using focused group interview(FGI) and individual interview, researchers conducted the interviews with seven family members who had participated in family self-help group(Guidance club) at psychiatric rehabilitation facilities in Busan from 2014 to 2018. Collected data based on the interview and focus group research method was analyzed by Phenomenological Methods. As a result, 5 essential themes, 13 major components, and 54 sub-components were derived. In essence of participants’ experience, the five themes follow ; ‘a burdensome seat’, ‘a place to open up’, ‘a field for change’, ‘a field to declaring solidarity’ and ‘a position of taking the lead’. Based on the results, suggestions for policy and practice were discussed to activate the family self-help groups of an adult with a mental illness.
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KEYWORD
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family of an adult with a mental illness, family self-help group, psychiatric rehabilitation facility, phenomenological method
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