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- Title
Social Inclusion as Freedom for Persons Living with Mental Illness.
- Authors
Montgomery, Phyllis; Wuest, Amy; Forchuk, Cheryl; Smith-Carrier, Tracy; Jeng (Mo), Momodou S.; Rudnick, Abraham (Rami)
- Abstract
This study describes the meaning of social inclusion to persons living with mental illness and poverty. Participants were recruited from health and social services where they completed the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ). From this sample, 46 participants attended one of three focus groups that corresponded with their self-reported CIQ scores. Thematic analysis showed that regardless of their CIQ scores, participants described freedom as both a liberating process for, and outcome of, social inclusion; freedom allows for the accumulation of health and social capital commensurate with one's complex needs, and freedom represents success in the construction life surrounded by affirming others.
- Subjects
FOCUS groups; MENTAL illness; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-evaluation; SOCIAL integration; SOCIAL services; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; THEMATIC analysis; HUMAN research subjects; PATIENT selection
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2018, Vol 37, Issue 4, p23
- ISSN
0713-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7870/cjcmh-2018-023