ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2022
Meanings of carers' lived experience of "regulating oneself" in forensic psychiatry.
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- Conduct and counter-conduct in everyday patient encounters: a foucauldian interpretation of nurses' lived experiences in forensic psychiatric inpatient care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Navigating the ethical "space in-between" nurses' lived experiences in forensic inpatient care interpreted through Løgstrup's ethical philosophy.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Humanization of care in forensic mental health wards: a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Review
- Facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in everyday life in forensic mental health wards - a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- 'Fleeing' as a Strategy for Navigating Resistance in Patient Encounters within Forensic Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to illuminate the essential meanings of carers' lived experience of regulating themselves when caring for patients with mental illnesses in forensic inpatient care.
methodsQualitative analysis was used to analyse data from narrative interviews with open-ended questions conducted with nine carers, which were analysed using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach.
resultsFindings revealed three themes, "preserving oneself as a carer," "building an alliance with the patient" and "maintaining stability in the community." Carers not only regulated emotions related to patients but also the ward to facilitate a caring climate. For carers, encounters with patients meant facing expressions of suffering that evoked unwanted emotions. Regulating one's emotions also meant being emotionally touched and facing one's vulnerability.
conclusionRegulating oneself was a strategy used by carers to get closer to the patient and establishing a trusting relationship. Regulating oneself meant becoming aware of one's shortcomings, not projecting them onto others, which may impair establishing relationships with patients and fulfilling the aim and caring task of forensic psychiatry. This study stresses the importance of carers being guided to manage their conflicting emotions and vulnerabilities and finding courage and an approach that allows a permissive climate of self-reflection.
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