Abstract
Quality of life and ease of reintegration into the family and the community are particularly important for the adolescent or young adult with mental illness. Such rehabilitation has long been focused on empowerment, partly by developing insight into one's illness. Current applications of insight assessment appear to be limited to inpatient assessment rather than fostering its development. Further, no single assessment protocol adequately addresses all accepted dimensions of insight. These tools are written for use by a trained observer rather than as a self-reflection tool. The clinical language of the existing tools precludes their usefulness for self-assessment by adolescent patients who, by virtue of their stage of cognitive development, are a unique group with regard to insight indicators. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the experience and language used by adolescents with mental illness related to self-assessment of insight development.
Sigma Membership
Gamma Phi
Type
Thesis
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Grounded Theory
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Mentally Ill Adolescents, Psychiatric Nursing, Mental Health Rehabilitation
Advisor
Patricia Payne
Degree
Master's
Degree Grantor
University of Wyoming
Degree Year
2003
Recommended Citation
Hamilton, Joshua M., "Empowering young adults: The adolescent insight development model" (2020). Theses. 41.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/theses/41
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-04-08
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: EP22814; ProQuest document ID: 305284094. The author still retains copyright.