What is the Real Meaning of ‘Protection’? :

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 「守る」とは、本当はどういうことなのか
  • 「守る」とは、本当はどういうことなのか : 健常と病の連続性という視点から考える
  • 「 マモル 」 トワ 、 ホントウ ワ ドウ イウ コト ナ ノ カ : ケンジョウ ト ヤマイ ノ レンゾクセイ ト イウ シテン カラ カンガエル
  • ―健常と病の連続性という視点から考える―
  • Considered from the Perspective of Continuity between Normal and Disorder

Search this article

Abstract

I am a child adolescent psychiatrist, but when I was younger I was a ‘young carer’ who had a mother with schizophrenia. How this influenced my upbringing was profound, and in my adolescence, I was so involved in deviant behavior that I had to consult a psychiatrist who prescribed medication. <br>　A few years ago, I publicly revealed my mother’s situation, and since then I have begun to think of myself as a ‘trinity’, a family member, a patient and a psychiatrist, although the borders between these have at times become obscured. <br>　Before disclosing my mother’s schizophrenia, I had ‘internal stigma’, and that affected my work. I maintained a distance from my patients, telling myself that I was protecting them, but in truth, I may have believed that they were incapable of recovery. <br>　The stigmas attached to psychiatric disorders have been a factor in the prevention of recovery of patients and their families down through the ages, but the stigmas are not only limited to the psychiatric field. <br>　This journal includes some papers on social inequality based on ethnicities, wealth and poverty, educational backgrounds, and cultures, among others. The process of people overcoming these social disadvantages through sports could be inspiring for psychiatric patients who are aiming for ‘recovery’. <br>　Medical caregivers ‘protect’ patients based on their standpoint as supporters, but that can be, in a sense, a way of drawing a line between ‘normal and disorder’ and a way of limiting the activities and hopes of patients. <br>　‘Recovery’ is a new means of finding continuity between normal and disorder. With this awareness, I considered ‘protection ’ ‘resilience ’and ‘recovery ’ by referring to my experience as a child adolescent psychiatrist.

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top