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Phenomenological Study on the Life of People with Schizophrenia

조현병을 가진 사람의 삶에 대한 현상학적 연구

  • 박미원 (창원정신건강복지센터) ;
  • 엄태완 (경남대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.17
  • Accepted : 2018.11.20
  • Published : 2018.11.28
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Abstract

This study aimed to understand the meaning and essence inherent in the life experiences of people with schizophrenia. We approached with phenomenological method, and the research participants were 10 adults, aged 20 or older, who were diagnosed with schizophrenia. As a result, we found four essential themes. The participants with schizophrenia lived a life with special constraints of being thrown to the reality in which they experienced continuing suffering. Nevertheless, their daily lives were maintained on the basis of their own feelings and needs. In this study, we confirmed that they should be understood and treated in the mental health field with the perspective that they are not 'patients' nor a pathological outcome, but a 'human' with schizophrenia.

본 연구의 목적은 조현병을 가진 사람의 삶의 경험에 내재되어 있는 의미와 본질이 무엇인지를 이해하는 것이었다. 이를 위하여 현상학적 연구방법으로 접근하였으며, 연구참여자들은 조현병으로 진단을 받은 지 5년이 경과하고 20세 이상인 성인 10명이었다. 연구결과, 4개의 본질주제인 '내 인생의 나락, 정신질환', '어쩔 수 없는 받아들임과 내려놓음', '어둠속에서도 나를 일으킴', '평범한 일상 살아가기'를 발견하였다. 조현병은 연구참여자들을 상처와 고통 속의 삶으로 내던지는 특별한 굴레였지만 그럼에도 불구하고 이들의 일상은 자신의 감정과 욕구를 바탕으로 유지되고 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 조현병을 가진 사람은 병리적 결과물인 '환자'가 아니라 한 명의 '인간'이라는 관점에서 이해하고 접근해야 한다는 의미를 확인하였다.

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