Literature review of the relationship between illness identity and recovery outcomes among adults with severe mental illness

Author

Veronica W. Wanyee, United States International University of AfricaFollow
Dr. Josephine Arasa, United States International University of Africa

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

25

Number

2

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This paper is a literature review of the relationship between illness identity and recovery outcomes among adults with severe mental illness. First, illness identity is explored as presented in the literature, through analysis of work on narrativization, labeling theory and the role of gender stereotypes. Literature on stigmatization as a mediating factor that influences the ways illness identity impacts recovery is also studied. Finally, work is presented on recovery outcomes that are a direct result of self-perception. Findings suggest the existence of two paradigms; positive and negative illness identity as the result of mediating factors from the diagnosis stage. A rough model of the process of recovery vis-a-vis illness identity is, therefore, suggested and the implications of discoveries of the current literature on clinical practice are outlined.

Keyword

illness identity; recovery; severe mental illness

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Recommended Citation

Wanyee, Veronica W. and Arasa, Dr. Josephine (2020) "Literature review of the relationship between illness identity and recovery outcomes among adults with severe mental illness," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 25: No. 2, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol25/iss2/10