Narrative health psychology: Once more unto the breach

Sools, Anna Maria; Murray, Michael; Westerhof, Gerben Johan

doi:10.1177/1359105314566616

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“…Without doubt, the writings of Oliver Sacks have great importance, otherwise they would not have been so popular. His work can be put into the context of narrative health psychology: this line of thought explores how people make sense of symptoms and illness labels (47). Illness perceptions (the cognitive and emotional representations of bodily sensations) drive coping behaviour of patients and, therefore, their self-management behaviour (48).…”

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confidence: 99%

Oliver Sacks and migraine

2016

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Background Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) published a large number of books on a variety of neurological topics. Of these, numerous copies have been sold and they probably serve as the only or main source of information on neurological diseases for many persons without a medical background. His first book was on migraine and in his subsequent books many descriptions of migraine can be found, mainly those of auras. Methods We explored the descriptions of migraine in Sacks' work in order to evaluate the image of migraine offered to the readers. Conclusion Oliver Sacks gave wonderful descriptions of migraine auras, but hardly any of migraine headache. Furthermore, he described rare auras such as 'amusia' and olfactory auras. Overall, this makes his descriptions of migraine not very useful to serve as medical information for laypersons. Oliver Sacks, however, wrote great literature.

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Oliver Sacks and migraine

2016

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“…Indeed, for decades, narratives have been considered elective tools for the study of processes through which people make meaning of their critical experience of turning points [ 37 , 38 ]. Specifically, many scholars have found illness narratives the key to understanding the subjective and contextualized experience of ill people [ 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 ].…”

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Giving Meaning to Non-Communicable Illness: Mixed-Method Research on Sense of Grip on Disease (SoGoD)

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When people receive a diagnosis of chronic or non-communicable disease, they need to reorganize their lives to understand and accommodate the changes associated with the new health condition. This reorganization, which involves the activation of a process through which meaning is given to the illness, could be fostered by narrative methods also in the context of Primary Care. The Sense of Grip on Disease (SoGoD) model intends to focus on the role of sense-meaning-making processes in the psychological adjustment to non-communicable illness, emphasizing the patients’ role in managing their own health condition. In this study, the authors propose a mixed-method research method which implies the adaptation of the narrative interview on the Sense of Grip on Disease. The interview was administered to 31 adults suffering from non-communicable diseases and has been analyzed with a theory-driven approach, which aims to explore the modalities of five narrative functions: organization of temporality, integration of illness, expression of emotions, social sharing and orientation to action. Through a Multiple Correspondence Analysis and a Cluster Analysis, the authors have identified two different ‘Grip Profiles’, called “Dynamic Profile” and “Compliant Profile”, representative of different degrees of flexibility, integration and adjustment to disease.

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“…In light of converging findings pointing to the importance of meaning making for sustaining well-being during and after adversity, as well as the importance of understanding meaning making processes, we designed this international study to explore the ways in which people make meaning of the coronavirus pandemic. The current project is informed by narrative health psychology theory according to which through stories, we can glimpse and understand the lived experience of people during a health crisis (Riessman, 2008 ; Sools, Murray, & Westerhof, 2015 ). Narrative health psychology also posits that people make sense of life disruptions through storytelling, with the stories being culturally and historically situated.…”

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confidence: 99%