Abstract
Ageing with mental illness is a neglected area of research and policy. People who grow older to later life with on-going mental health problems may not have their needs well understood. This understanding is important if mental health services are to ensure direct or indirect age discrimination is avoided. This paper discusses the issues of ageing with mental illness over a prolonged period of time with a focus on one person’s story, Bernard, of ageing with post-traumatic stress disorder in the UK. Implications for practice are discussed in the context of life course, recovery, self-help and preventing suicide. The narrative illustrates how time, memory and meaning interweave and how ageing with mental illness become part of a person’s ongoing identity.Citation
Curran, B., and Collier, E. (2016) 'Growing older with post‐traumatic stress disorder', Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 23(3-4), pp. 236-242.Publisher
WileyJournal
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health NursingDOI
10.1111/jpm.12280Additional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpm.12280Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1351-0126EISSN
1365-2850ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/jpm.12280