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[Between assistance and opposition: relatives' coping strategies with obsessive-compulsive patients]
Johanna Trosbach1, Matthias C Angermeyer, Katarina Stengler-Wenzke
1Universität Leipzig, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie.
Objective And Method:
The aim of this study was to investigate the coping strategies of relatives of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 22 narrative interviews were analysed by a Grounded Theory approach.
Results:
While parents in our investigation often try to educate their ill children, spouses focus on resources of the patient. Children seem to take a parent-role in interaction with the ill father or mother.
Discussion:
Family members try to support patients in dealing with the illness. Therefore, different strategies to cope with OCD are developed, ranging between assisting in rituals and opposition to the symptoms.
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