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Finding A Place in the World: The Experience of Recovery from Severe Mental Illness

University of Tennessee, USA

Marilyn Peterson Armour

University of Texas at Austin, USA

David Roseborough

University of St Thomas and the College of St Catherine, USA

This hermeneutic phenomenological study of 45 adults with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) examines the experience of recovery over 3 years. After a brief review of the results from the first two phases, this article reports the findings from the third phase of the recovery process. Five essential themes are identified: (1) reintegration in the community; (2) reintegration with family and friends; (3) reintegration with the case manager; (4) reintegration with oneself; (5) barriers to social inclusion. Findings highlight the unmet needs for consumers in their relationships with case managers and barriers to inclusion at the macro level. Implications for practice include the delineation of client and case manager tasks specific to each essential theme.

Key Words: hermeneutic phenomenology • lived experience • mental illness • recovery

Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 6, No. 1, 27-47 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1473325007074164


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