I never wanted to just sit around smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee
Mental Health and Social Inclusion
ISSN: 2042-8308
Article publication date: 28 June 2022
Issue publication date: 26 September 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Essay asks questions about people with schizophrenia and recovery.
Design/methodology/approach
The essay is written in an autoethnographic style.
Findings
The purpose of this paper is to portray the actual outcome for a person with schizophrenia, in the context of recovery and the achievement of independence.
Research limitations/implications
Statistics are from review of various sources and are compared with autoethnographic data. The implications are to confirm social exclusion for the cohort of people with schizophrenia.
Practical implications
Practical implications include the recognition of the unusual destinations for those with schizophrenia.
Social implications
Independence is a desirable and much espoused social outcome and yet so few people with schizophrenia are empowered in this way, meaning that they fail to share a social dialogue with many of their fellow citizens.
Originality/value
This essay details a struggle to live up to social norms which are hindered because of a life with schizophrenia.
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Citation
Voyce, A. (2022), "I never wanted to just sit around smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 401-405. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-05-2022-0036
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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