Współczesna rodzina wobec wsparcia dla osób doświadczających zaburzeń psychicznych

Abstract

The article presents the importance of the family and its support from the perspective of a person diagnosed with a mental disorder. The given fragment of findings comes from a study whose primary subject was the socio-biographical experiences of people with a mental disorder who benefited from various forms of institutional support. The article focuses on the impact of an institution such as the family, in particular on the importance of its support for people experiencing a mental disorder. The study was conducted in an interpretative paradigm using qualitative methods – an autobiographical narrative interview. A total of 60 narratives were collected with narrators of both genders between 2019 and 2023; the youngest interviewee was 19 years old and the oldest was 65. The analysis of the material allowed us to generate the basic types of families and the type of support present in them.