Challenges of Indian girls with maternal schizophrenia

Title

Challenges of Indian girls with maternal schizophrenia

Creator

Sathiyaseelan A.; Sathiyaseelan B.; Desai T.S.

Description

Schizophrenia, earlier known as dementia praecox, is considered to be one of the most devastating mental illnesses due to its impact on the individual as well as family members. The Indian context characterized by ones rootedness to family, warrant enquiry about difficulties and burnouts faced by girl children.When it is the mother who is suffering from the illness, there tends to be a huge lag in terms of primary care giving. A disturbed home environment along with inadequate parenting have shown to adversely affect the girl children. The present qualitative research study aimed to explore challenges faced by the girl children with maternal schizophrenia with the help of 43 Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) across India. Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA)was adopted and interviews were conducted using a validated interview guide. Thematic analysis revealed that girl children whose mothers are diagnosed with schizophrenia faced challenges in self, family and social sphere of life. Neglect, self blame and the question why me were recurrent themes.They experienced difficulties in cognitive, behavioral and social domains. The added burden of family responsibilities and social stigma made the surroundings challenging.Exploring the world of girls with maternal schizophrenia would deepen our understanding about impact of schizophrenia on family members and aid us develop interventions to support the care givers. 2019 Oriental Scientific Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Source

Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal, Vol-12, No. 2, pp. 863-873.

Date

2019-01-01

Publisher

Oriental Scientific Publishing Company

Subject

Challenges; Girl children; Maternal schizophrenia; Stigma

Coverage

Sathiyaseelan A., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560029, India; Sathiyaseelan B., Specialization OB and HR (Institute of Management), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560029, India; Desai T.S., Clinical Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560029, India

Rights

All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 9746242

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.13005/bpj/1711

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