Description
Postpartum depression is a prevalent condition, and preliminary data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic further increased its incidence. Building on scholarship that has shown the value of exploring patients’ narratives for diagnosis and treatment, this study examines narratives of recovery in an online support forum, using theories of narrative identity. An online forum with 64 participants suffering from postpartum depression was analyzed according to grounded theory. A thematic analysis uncovered two dominant narratives: the full recovery or inevitable progress narrative, and the cyclical recovery or struggle as norm narrative. This study illustrates the complicated interaction between medical institutions, recovery narratives, and identity.
Publication Date
9-29-2023
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
Communication Studies, Faculty Works, Scholarship, Psychology, Postpartum Depression, Recovery
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Miller, Alanna R. and Stana, Alexandru, "Struggling to Recover or Recovering the Struggle:A Critical Examination of Recovery Narratives asDiscourses-in-Practice for People Suffering fromPostpartum Depression" (2023). Communication Studies Faculty Works. 48.
https://openriver.winona.edu/communicationstudiesfacultyworks/48
Unique Identifier
WSUCMSTFACWORKS-2024-Miller-Stana-Struggling to recover or recovering the struggle a critical examination of recovery narratives.pdf
