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Table 2 Main and sub-categories

From: Treating symptoms or assisting human development: Can different environmental conditions affect personal development for patients with severe mental illness? A qualitative study

Informants

Main categories

Sub-categories

Patients

Lack of lasting and meaningful relationships

Loneliness

Humans as tools

Sense of self and personal narrative

Self-presentation and identity as a patient

Contradictions and spectator in own life (including plans and reality)

Stagnation, discontinuity and contradictions

No or non-specific experience of development

Hopelessness

Students

Relationships

Development of number and quality of friendships

Development of personal relationships

Sense of self and personal narrative

Self-presentation and self-acceptance

Personal engagement and integrity

Development

Changes in symptoms and strategies for coping

Personal growth, happiness, and hopes for the future