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Emplacing recovery: how persons diagnosed with psychosis handle stress in cities

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: The background of this study is recent work on the correlation between urban living and psychosis. It is part of a larger interdisciplinary research project using an experience-based approach to the city-psychosis nexus. The aim of this paper is to investigate how, soon after a first episode of psychosis, patients manage urban factors of stress. Methodologically, it is based on video-elicitation interviews of urban walks and ethnographic observations in a community care centre in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. It shows that patients use three tactics: creating sensory bubbles; programming mobility; and creating places of comfort. On the basis of these findings, the paper discusses how the approach and results of our study can inform strategies of recovery that are both user-driven and take into consideration the importance of places and situations in the city in the phase following a first episode.

Source: Psychosis

DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2017.1344296

Authors: Ola Söderström, Dag Söderström, Zoé Codeluppi, Lilith Abrahamyan Empson, Philippe Conus

Institutions: University of Neuchâtel, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Hôpital de Cery

Language: English

Topic: Urban and sociocultural dynamics

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung