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The experience of patients with bipolar disorder from diagnosis disclosure: A qualitative study

Background: Disclosure of the diagnosis is an essential part of the treatment process and an important part of patient rights. However, it can be a very stressful experience, especially in mental health disorders. Patients with bipolar disorder have a unique experience of receiving and managing thei...

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Autores principales: Zolfi Kashani, Azam, Ranjbar, Hadi, Rasoulian, Maryam, Shabani, Amir, Ghadirivasfi, Mohammad, Mohammadsadeghi, Homa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32617275
http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.36
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author Zolfi Kashani, Azam
Ranjbar, Hadi
Rasoulian, Maryam
Shabani, Amir
Ghadirivasfi, Mohammad
Mohammadsadeghi, Homa
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Ranjbar, Hadi
Rasoulian, Maryam
Shabani, Amir
Ghadirivasfi, Mohammad
Mohammadsadeghi, Homa
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description Background: Disclosure of the diagnosis is an essential part of the treatment process and an important part of patient rights. However, it can be a very stressful experience, especially in mental health disorders. Patients with bipolar disorder have a unique experience of receiving and managing their diagnosis. The objective of the current study was to explore the experience of patients with bipolar disorder of diagnosis disclosure. Methods: This was a qualitative study. Participants were recruited from patients who knew their disorder’s name using purposive sampling method. The inclusion criteria were being diagnosed by a psychiatrist as having bipolar disorder and the disclosure was conducted by a psychiatrist. Sixteen semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with twelve patients. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: Patients received their diagnosis name in three steps including Wandering in Unknowns, Limited Brightness and Reaching to a Relative Insight. Patients believed that disclosure of the diagnosis was not accompanied by enough information. Conclusion: The disclosure of diagnosis in patients with bipolar disorder without providing enough information is stressful and is not helpful in empowering these patients. Based on our results, disclosure of diagnosis to patients with bipolar disorder was not conducted with enough information and patients had problems for understanding their symptoms and treatments.
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spelling pubmed-73209832020-07-01 The experience of patients with bipolar disorder from diagnosis disclosure: A qualitative study Zolfi Kashani, Azam Ranjbar, Hadi Rasoulian, Maryam Shabani, Amir Ghadirivasfi, Mohammad Mohammadsadeghi, Homa Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: Disclosure of the diagnosis is an essential part of the treatment process and an important part of patient rights. However, it can be a very stressful experience, especially in mental health disorders. Patients with bipolar disorder have a unique experience of receiving and managing their diagnosis. The objective of the current study was to explore the experience of patients with bipolar disorder of diagnosis disclosure. Methods: This was a qualitative study. Participants were recruited from patients who knew their disorder’s name using purposive sampling method. The inclusion criteria were being diagnosed by a psychiatrist as having bipolar disorder and the disclosure was conducted by a psychiatrist. Sixteen semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with twelve patients. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: Patients received their diagnosis name in three steps including Wandering in Unknowns, Limited Brightness and Reaching to a Relative Insight. Patients believed that disclosure of the diagnosis was not accompanied by enough information. Conclusion: The disclosure of diagnosis in patients with bipolar disorder without providing enough information is stressful and is not helpful in empowering these patients. Based on our results, disclosure of diagnosis to patients with bipolar disorder was not conducted with enough information and patients had problems for understanding their symptoms and treatments. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2020-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7320983/ /pubmed/32617275 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.36 Text en © 2020 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 License (CC BY-NC-SA 1.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Zolfi Kashani, Azam
Ranjbar, Hadi
Rasoulian, Maryam
Shabani, Amir
Ghadirivasfi, Mohammad
Mohammadsadeghi, Homa
The experience of patients with bipolar disorder from diagnosis disclosure: A qualitative study
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title_full_unstemmed The experience of patients with bipolar disorder from diagnosis disclosure: A qualitative study
title_short The experience of patients with bipolar disorder from diagnosis disclosure: A qualitative study
title_sort experience of patients with bipolar disorder from diagnosis disclosure: a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32617275
http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.36
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