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Negotiating identity transition when leaving forensic hospitals.

Michael Coffey1

  • 1Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK. m.j.coffey@swansea.ac.uk

Health (London, England : 1997)
|March 7, 2012
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Summary

Discharged mental health patients use identity talk to manage labels of illness and criminality. They claim normality by framing illness as mitigation, while workers focus on risk during community reintegration.

Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Criminology

Background:

  • Transitioning from hospital to community is complex for individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and criminal behaviors.
  • Navigating community reintegration presents unique challenges for individuals with multiple stigmatized identities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how conditionally discharged patients and their support workers understand and manage identity during community reintegration.
  • To analyze the role of narrative and "talk" in constructing and maintaining identities post-discharge.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted 59 in-depth interviews with conditionally discharged individuals, community mental health nurses, and social workers.
  • Focused on discourse analysis of accounts related to discharge, community return, and identity construction.

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Main Results:

  • Patients use "illness as mitigation" narratives to reduce the impact of deviant labels (mental illness, criminality).
  • Deviant labels pose persistent identity threats, requiring individuals to actively claim normality.
  • Workers acknowledge "illness as mitigation" but maintain a focus on risk assessment.

Conclusions:

  • Discharged individuals continuously work to construct "ordinary" identities to maintain community placement.
  • Identity management is a dynamic process involving strategic use of illness narratives and claims to normality.
  • The study highlights the challenges of de-stigmatization and successful reintegration for individuals with complex needs.