A Narrative Inquiry about a Family Life Experienced by Mothers of an Adult-child with Mental Disorder

This chapter is based on a formal study1 of one community’s familial curriculum (Huber, Murphy, & Clandinin, 2011) in the context of Shakespeare. The families that participated in this narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) discussed how Shakespeare’s work influenced their family life. The findings from this study are used to discuss what is considered by some to be a dichotomy of curriculum in school and home. The author also uses this study to explore notions of nationalized or common curriculum.

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“He is Still My Son”: Aging and Living in the Shadow of an Abusive Adult Child with Mental Disorder

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research - Violence and Crime in the Family: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences ◽

10.1108/s1530-353520150000009008 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 153-176

Author(s):

Tova Band-Winterstein ◽

Hila Avieli ◽

Yael Smeloy

Keyword(s):

Mental Disorder ◽

Adult Child

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Shared reality of the abusive and the vulnerable: the experience of aging for parents living with abusive adult children coping with mental disorder

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610214001495 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (11) ◽

pp. 1917-1927 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Tova Band-Winterstein ◽

Yael Smeloy ◽

Hila Avieli

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Mental Disorder ◽

Old Age ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Adult Child ◽

Well Being ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Shared Reality ◽

Aging Parents

ABSTRACTBackground:Increasing numbers of aging parents are finding themselves in the role of caregiver for their mentally ill adult child due to global deinstitutionalization policy. The aim of this paper is to describe the daily aging experience of parents abused by an adult child with mental disorder and the challenges confronting them in this shared reality.Methods:Data collection was performed through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 parents, followed by content analysis.Results:Three major themes emerged: (a) old age as a platform for parent's vulnerability facing ongoing abuse; (b) “whose needs come first?” in a shared reality of abusive and vulnerable protagonists; (c) changes in relationship dynamics.Conclusions:Old age becomes an arena for redefined relationships combining increased vulnerability, needs of both sides, and its impact on the well-being of the aging parents. This calls for better insights and deeper understanding in regard to intervention with such families.

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Special, radical, failure of reduction in psychiatry

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18001164 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Don Ross

Keyword(s):

Mental Disorder ◽

Brain Structure ◽

Causal Structure ◽

Network Models ◽

Gambling Addiction ◽

Brain Disorder ◽

Mental Processes ◽

Special Radical ◽

Intentional Relationships

AbstractUse of network models to identify causal structure typically blocks reduction across the sciences. Entanglement of mental processes with environmental and intentional relationships, as Borsboom et al. argue, makes reduction of psychology to neuroscience particularly implausible. However, in psychiatry, a mental disorder can involve no brain disorder at all, even when the former crucially depends on aspects of brain structure. Gambling addiction constitutes an example.

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