Stubborn Families: Logics of Care of a Family Member with Borderline Personality Disorder.

Autor: O'Dougherty M; Social Science Department, Metropolitan State University, 700 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106-5000, USA. maureen.odougherty@metrostate.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Culture, medicine and psychiatry [Cult Med Psychiatry] 2024 Dec; Vol. 48 (4), pp. 768-791. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-024-09853-9
Abstrakt: This study conducted in-depth, largely unstructured interviews with 31 involved family members in a metropolitan area of the United States (US) Midwest on their experiences of BPD in a close relative. Narrative analysis employing concepts from anthropology (the logic of care and family assemblage) was used to examine the nature and quality of care practices and identify human, environmental, and cultural supports needed for family recovery. Findings indicate that these US family caregivers provided intensive and extensive care over the long term. They acted in situations of risk to their relative, and often disconnected from professional support. Parents labored under unforgiving normalizations: judgments (real or perceived) of not properly raising or "launching" their children and norms of parental self-sacrifice. The dearth of housing options for the young person hindered recovery. While duly recognizing the care practices provided by family members for a relative with BPD, I argue that there is a significant omission. Our conceptualizing of supports for family members of a relative with BPD needs to encompass supports for their own recovery. Respite, mental health care for caregivers, housing, support groups, and collaborative care (with professionals, peers and family members) could productively assist recovery of all family members.
Competing Interests: Declarations Conflict of interest There are no conflicts of interest in this research. Ethical Approval I received approval for this study from the Institutional Review Board of my university.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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