Experiences and perceptions of people living with schizophrenia in Japan: A qualitative study

Abstract

This descriptive study used a qualitative inductive approach to investigate the subjective experiences and perceptions of people with schizophrenia living in the community during times of difficulty and how they coped. We conducted semi-structured interviews with nine community-dwelling people with schizophrenia and used the KJ method developed by Kawakita Jiro to structure the data obtained. We identified 10 symbols with his method: bewilderment at the onset; helplessness and longing for death; solitude linked to death; precarious daily life; relationships at risk; fear of being stigmatized; pillars of emotional support; will to overcome; hope to never give up; and living with the illness. The results suggest that community mental health nurses should provide support so their patients can continue to have pillars of emotional support and the will to overcome difficulties, as well as continue to use their coping methods, even when experiencing many difficulties. It is important that nurses understand and share in their patients' difficult experiences and hopes when providing support toward their recovery.

How individuals with psychosis develop and maintain resilience to suicidal experiences through psychological therapy: A qualitative study

“…Perhaps the most striking observation was that participants did evidence resilience in the face of living with severe mental health problems. Other studies using qualitative (37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43), quantitative (44), and mixed methods (6, 45, 46) designs have also illustrated resilience processes in people with psychosis who were suicidal (12). However, this is the rst study to examine the perspectives of people with recent suicidal and psychotic mental health problems who could draw on their experiences and re ections of psychological therapy to show how resilience to suicidal and psychotic experiences can be instantiated and developed.…”

Applying Kansei engineering to the design of headwear pieces with traditional shape features

“…Step 3. Image investigation From the collected 205 deity descriptions in step 2, the ten folklore experts were invited to categorize them into groups with similar semantics using the KJ method (Nagata et al, 2021). The main steps included: (1) creation of descriptive labels, (2) classification of similar description groups, (3) finding core grouping concepts, (4) repeated integration until reduction to a small number of groups, (5) comparison of correlations and differences between groups, and then fine-tuning, and (6) redefining new description terms that are representative of the groups.…”

“…From the collected 205 deity descriptions in step 2, the ten folklore experts were invited to categorize them into groups with similar semantics using the KJ method (Nagata et al. , 2021).…”