"…So that only the memory of anger remains…": An autoethnographic analysis of the loss and mourning of addicted parents.

Growing up in a family with addiction can have an impact at many points not only on childhood but also on adulthood. A child who grows up in a dysfunctional family could experience a grieving process from childhood, of which two layers can be distinguished-the grief associated with the loss of childhood and the loss of the idealized parent. The grieving process becomes complicated when the parent dies; this is the third layer of grief.

Folktales of Recovery - From Addiction to Becoming a Helper: Deep Structures of Life Stories Applying Propp's Theory: A Narrative Analysis.

Addiction research suggests that recovery narratives share common structural elements. For further investigation of this topic, the current study invoked Propp's folktale theory and method to identify narratemes within retrospectives to depict the stages of recovery. Semi-structured interviews were recorded about the experiences of six recovering helpers who had been sober for a minimum of five years and worked as a professional for at least one year.

Voices of Temporary Sobriety - A Diary Study of an Alcohol-Free Month in Hungary.

: Temporary abstinence from alcohol as a challenge could support self-knowledge, self-care, and health consciousness in several ways. : The present study explored participants' personal experiences and coping strategies during a one-month abstinence period. The research is embedded in the Hungarian context of drinking habits, culture, society, and alcohol policy.

The experience of voice hearing and the role of self-help group: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Background: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) played an important role in the psychiatric diagnostics, but in the last few decades the diagnostic-free complex phenomenological understanding of the phenomena of voice hearing became the focus of studies.

Materials: Six semi-structured interviews with recovering voice hearers were conducted and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).

Discussion: The self-help group gives significant help in identification and dealing with the voices; therefore, it serves as turning point in the life story of voice hearers.

Assessing the experience of using synthetic cannabinoids by means of interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Background: New psychoactive substances (NPS) have been increasingly consumed by people who use drugs in recent years, which pose a new challenge for treatment services. One of the largest groups of NPS is synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), which are intended as a replacement to cannabis. While there is an increasing body of research on the motivation and the effects associated with SC use, little is known about the subjective interpretation of SC use by the people who use drugs themselves.

[Assessing identity formation of synthetic cannabinoid products' users - an interpretative phenomenological analysis].

Introduction: The psychoactive substance addiction often leads to change in identity and the formation of the "user self". During recovery this "user self" or the "spoiled identity" (as Goffman described it) transforms into the identity of recovery. Due to the novel symptoms of synthetic cannabinoid products (SCPs), a new type of psychoactive substances and the lack of previous research the identity work of SCPs users is unpredictable.

"Someone Else's Problem": New Psychoactive Substances in the Online Hungarian Media.

Media monitoring is an important method to inform public health and prevention services about emerging health issues, such as new psychoactive substances (NPS). This study assessed the portrayal of NPS in online Hungarian media in 2015 using qualitative content analysis. Hungarian online media considers the dealer to be the main cause of drug use, which is portrayed as a problem for youth, poor people, minorities, and rural populations.

[The experience of auditory hallucination and the role of self-help groups: an interpretative phenomenological analysis].

Introduction: the aim of this study was to examine and to understand the experience of voice hearing, the meaning and participants' relationship with their voices. And also to explore what 'recovery' means in this context, and the role of self-help group.

Method: six semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).

[Recovering helpers in the addiction treatment system in Hungary: an interpretative phenomenological analysis].

Introduction: The work of recovering helpers who work in the addiction rehabilitation centres was studied. The aim was to investigate the process of addicts becoming recovering helpers, and to study what peer help means to them.

Methods: According to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) design, subjects were selected, data were collected and analysed.