Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
An analysis of the phenomenon of »chronic physical invisible illness denial«. |
| Alternate Title: |
Analiza pojava zanikanja kronične nevidne telesne bolezni. |
| Authors: |
McSHARRY, Brian C.1 MCSHARRY2@GMAIL.COM, TOTH, Erzsebet F.2 ERZSEBET.TOTH@SFU.AC.AT, KOCH, David E.3 DRDAVIDKOCH@GMAIL.COM |
| Source: |
KAIROS - Slovenian Journal of Psychotherapy. 2017, Vol. 11 Issue 3/4, p63-76. 14p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SOCIAL constructionism, *PHYSICIANS' attitudes, *PHENOMENOLOGY, *ADOLESCENCE, *SYMPTOMS |
| Abstract (English): |
The Interpretive Phenomenological Method (»the IPA method«) and the methodology of limited realist social constructionism were used to examine the biopsychosocial lived-experience of those who endure chronic physical invisible illness symptomology that remains undiagnosed throughout childhood and adolescence. For purposes of this study, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome was used as an exemplar. Within this context, a matrix was developed which synthesizes the study's narratives with the scholarship from numerous pertinent fields in order to depict the biopsychosocial process associated with invisible illness denial. By highlighting the process in this way, it is hoped that this study will prove useful in casting some light on the lived experience of chronic invisible illness, including the negative and positive adaptive avenues opened to those who develop them. Moreover, it is also hoped that by making psychotherapists and physicians more aware of their own unconscious biases against validating invisible illness symptomology, the occurrence of cases of long-term undiagnosed chronic physical illness may be minimized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Slovenian): |
Za biopsihosocialno raziskovanje doživljanja ljudi, ki so zboleli za kronično telesno nevidno boleznijo in ki je ostala nediagnosticirana celo otroštvo in adolescenco, smo uporabili Interpretativno fenomenološko metodo (»IPA metodo«) in metodologijo omejenega realističnega socialnega konstrukcionizma. Za namene te študije smo kot primer vzeli Ehlers-Danlosov sindrom. V tem kontekstu smo razvili matrico, v kateri smo analizo narativov povezali s prispevki številnih avtorjev z relevantnih področij, da bi prikazali biopsihosocialne procese povezane z zanikanjem nevidne bolezni. Upamo, da bomo s tako ponazoritvijo prispevali k pojasnjevanju tega, kakšno je doživljanje ljudi s kronično nevidno boleznijo, ki gre lahko v smeri negativnega ali pozitivnega prilagajanja. Prav tako upamo, da bomo pripomogli k osveščanju psihoterapevtov in zdravnikov, kako se nezavedno izogibajo ustrezni oceni simptomatike nevidne bolezni in s tem k zmanjševanju dolgotrajnih nediagnosticiranih primerov. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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