IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 6653: Social Processes of Young Adults & rsquo; Recovery and Identity Formation during Life-Disruptive Mental Distress & mdash;A Meta-Ethnography

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 6653: Social Processes of Young Adults’ Recovery and Identity Formation during Life-Disruptive Mental Distress—A Meta-Ethnography International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph20176653 Authors: Ida Marie Skou Storm Anne Kathrine Kousgaard Mikkelsen Mari Holen Lisbeth Hybholt Stephen Fitzgerald Austin Lene Lauge Berring Young people’s mental health recovery is well-explored in empirical research, yet there is a lack of meta-studies synthesizing the characteristics of young people’s recovery. This meta-ethnography explores young adults’ recovery during life-disruptive experiences of early psychosis or schizophrenia. Based on a systematic literature review search, 11 empirical qualitative studies were included for synthesis. Inspired by young people’s prominent experience of social isolation in the included studies, we applied an interpretive lens of belonging deriving from the sociology of youth. The synthesis presents five themes: (1) expectations of progression in youth in contrast with stagnation during psychosis, (2) feeling isolated, lost and left behind, (3) young adults’ recovery involves belonging with other young people, (4) forming identity positions of growth and disability during psychosis, and the summarizing line of argument, (5) navigating relational complexities in the process of recovery. While...
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