Background: Little is known about what the experience of “taking antipsychotics” means in a patient’s life. Therefore, this study aims to identify what it means for patients with schizophrenia living in the communi...Background: Little is known about what the experience of “taking antipsychotics” means in a patient’s life. Therefore, this study aims to identify what it means for patients with schizophrenia living in the community to remain on medication. Methods: The participants were five residents of communities, who had been discharged from a psychiatric hospital, but were currently visiting a private psychiatric hospital. In this study, we used participants’ narratives as data and analyzed them according to the procedures described in “An Application of Phenomenological Method in Psychology” (Giorgi, 1975), and “Practice of analyzing materials describing experiences” (Giorgi, 2004). Results: The study results are as follows. 1) The drug may be effective, but Subject (below, S) still wants to take it as little as possible. Meanwhile, S has people who care about S and a person who S can rely on nearby, to manage S’s life. The people above tell S to take medicine, and S takes it. 2) S does not know what kind of medication S is consuming, but recently S has been having a hard time walking;S has people who care for S’s foot and look after S. S thinks taking medicine is for living. 3) S feel some drugs is ineffective. However, S met some people S could trust who passionately recommended the medication to S. S started being careful in remembering to take it. 4) S does not think drugs are necessary for S, but S can interact with people and spend S’s days. S has people who accept S as S is. S continues living in the community while taking medicine that a doctor offers. 5) S was skeptical about the drugs. However, S has a person S can trust, who recommended a way to take the medication in a way that S does not feel overwhelmed. S thinks that it may be a good idea to take it. Conclusions: Based on the analysis of the narratives of each of the five participants, the essential structure was read from the perspective of a third party regarding participants’ medication adherence. A generalized reading of the structure common to the above five essential structures reveals a structure that includes the following three opportunities: 1) Patients realize the importance of people;2) They sometimes entrust themselves to people or follow people’s opinions when taking actions;3) They have come to terms with their initial negative feelings about antipsychotic drugs, subsequently continuing to take antipsychotic drugs. This suggests that the following are important attitudes of supporters of patients with schizophrenia who continue to live in the community: To accept what is happening to the patients, to talk to them with encouragement and compassion, and to be there for them. It is also important for supporters to make patients feel comfortable in opening up while the patients reside in the community and to support patients in making decisions.展开更多
Translingualism is a series of actions or steps of empowerment,and such kind of empowerment of us in our daily life might produce an environment that facilitates maturity and responsibility.Diverse races,languages,cul...Translingualism is a series of actions or steps of empowerment,and such kind of empowerment of us in our daily life might produce an environment that facilitates maturity and responsibility.Diverse races,languages,cultures,ethnicities,social classes,and religions are the fundamental features of interpersonal interactions and community structures.Life in Taiwan,China is an encounter with the blending of culture and nature,as well as different languages and cultures,and such kind of the circumstances have made everyone learn from one another in order to form positive heterogenous relationships with different peoples from various cultural backgrounds.The aim of this study is to indicate that the theme of translingualism is the concept of interdependence of languages and the transfer of the skills.What I meant is that it is possible for one in Taiwan,China to be able to speak several languages at a time.Speaking community languages well makes one lead a joyful life or more employable.To achieve this aim,the author has been sharing in my experiences of being multilingual in a multilingual daily life by applying the approach of action research to learn several different languages at a time.The phenomenological method was also been employed in my study,utilizing natural and qualitative description only because phenomenological method makes possible“a descriptive account of the essential structures of the directly given”.The result of this study must be considered great necessities by most of the peoples who would like to become multilingual,for it indicates that being multilingual means cultivating eternal capacity for the language learning.展开更多
文摘Background: Little is known about what the experience of “taking antipsychotics” means in a patient’s life. Therefore, this study aims to identify what it means for patients with schizophrenia living in the community to remain on medication. Methods: The participants were five residents of communities, who had been discharged from a psychiatric hospital, but were currently visiting a private psychiatric hospital. In this study, we used participants’ narratives as data and analyzed them according to the procedures described in “An Application of Phenomenological Method in Psychology” (Giorgi, 1975), and “Practice of analyzing materials describing experiences” (Giorgi, 2004). Results: The study results are as follows. 1) The drug may be effective, but Subject (below, S) still wants to take it as little as possible. Meanwhile, S has people who care about S and a person who S can rely on nearby, to manage S’s life. The people above tell S to take medicine, and S takes it. 2) S does not know what kind of medication S is consuming, but recently S has been having a hard time walking;S has people who care for S’s foot and look after S. S thinks taking medicine is for living. 3) S feel some drugs is ineffective. However, S met some people S could trust who passionately recommended the medication to S. S started being careful in remembering to take it. 4) S does not think drugs are necessary for S, but S can interact with people and spend S’s days. S has people who accept S as S is. S continues living in the community while taking medicine that a doctor offers. 5) S was skeptical about the drugs. However, S has a person S can trust, who recommended a way to take the medication in a way that S does not feel overwhelmed. S thinks that it may be a good idea to take it. Conclusions: Based on the analysis of the narratives of each of the five participants, the essential structure was read from the perspective of a third party regarding participants’ medication adherence. A generalized reading of the structure common to the above five essential structures reveals a structure that includes the following three opportunities: 1) Patients realize the importance of people;2) They sometimes entrust themselves to people or follow people’s opinions when taking actions;3) They have come to terms with their initial negative feelings about antipsychotic drugs, subsequently continuing to take antipsychotic drugs. This suggests that the following are important attitudes of supporters of patients with schizophrenia who continue to live in the community: To accept what is happening to the patients, to talk to them with encouragement and compassion, and to be there for them. It is also important for supporters to make patients feel comfortable in opening up while the patients reside in the community and to support patients in making decisions.
文摘Translingualism is a series of actions or steps of empowerment,and such kind of empowerment of us in our daily life might produce an environment that facilitates maturity and responsibility.Diverse races,languages,cultures,ethnicities,social classes,and religions are the fundamental features of interpersonal interactions and community structures.Life in Taiwan,China is an encounter with the blending of culture and nature,as well as different languages and cultures,and such kind of the circumstances have made everyone learn from one another in order to form positive heterogenous relationships with different peoples from various cultural backgrounds.The aim of this study is to indicate that the theme of translingualism is the concept of interdependence of languages and the transfer of the skills.What I meant is that it is possible for one in Taiwan,China to be able to speak several languages at a time.Speaking community languages well makes one lead a joyful life or more employable.To achieve this aim,the author has been sharing in my experiences of being multilingual in a multilingual daily life by applying the approach of action research to learn several different languages at a time.The phenomenological method was also been employed in my study,utilizing natural and qualitative description only because phenomenological method makes possible“a descriptive account of the essential structures of the directly given”.The result of this study must be considered great necessities by most of the peoples who would like to become multilingual,for it indicates that being multilingual means cultivating eternal capacity for the language learning.
