The Experience of Disclosure and Concealment of One’s Mental Disorder
Indrė Gaižiūtė,
Greta Kaluževičiūtė-Moreton,
Vaiva Klimaitė
Abstract:Although disclosure of one’s experience of mental disorders is an important factor in the recovery process, this topic is not well understood or studied in scientific research. This study seeks to describe and analyse the experience of disclosing and concealing information about mental disorders. The participants were 5 men and 5 women (age 24–53) experiencing a form of mental disorder and receiving treatment for at least one year. Data was collected through semi–structured interviews and analysed using themat… Show more
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