Biografie im Kontext sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung und im Handlungsfeld pädagogischer Biografiearbeit

Biographical Study with Hermeneutic Approach in Psychiatric Care Delivered at Community Mental Health Centers

“…The concept of biography assumes a shaping task as a result of reflective, selective and creative processes rather than depicting a passive image of an individual's life. The "study" that the term graphein denotes is defined as a conscious, purposeful and active continuity (Klingerberg 2003, Jansen 2011. It is known that Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC), one of the most important figures in the history of medicine, emphasized the importance of collecting information from the life stories of patients to his students who studied alongside him using the master apprentice method (Uğurlu 1997).…”

“…Targeted exercises and assigned assignments enable individuals to take a look at their own lives, to understand and clarify their own development or specific aspects of their development, thus supporting them to lead their lives better and to shape their future with a further purpose. (Gudjons et al 2008, Jansen 2011.…”

“…In Table 1. Types and meaning of narrative (Blakenburg 1989, Eismann 1995, Jansen 2011 Narratives for constructing knowledge: It also is called contingency stories and integration of new experiences into existing knowledge.…”

“…other words, a biographical study functions as a pre-therapeutic preparation for a problem (Jansen 2011). For this reason, the nurse who uses the biographical study in the practices in CMHC needs hermeneutic approach knowledge, including the empathic approach, which helps to understand the individual better.…”

“…The life history that is told, remembered and documented by the patient is reflected, shared and evaluated in the nursing interventions of the nurses working in the CMHC and in the interventions related to the psychiatric care they offer to functionalize the patient's individual experiences. In the process of processing and re-evaluating these narratives, the psychiatric nurse, who is in the interpretive position, helps the patient's life to show a concrete and effective consistency (Jansen 2011). Based on what the patient told, the psychiatry nurse who made a biography study explained what was told in the content, what kind of problem the story pointed to, which tense was used in the narrative, takes many aspects into account.…”