title: The tune of want in the loneliness melody--loneliness experienced by people with serious mental suffering.
abstract: The prime purpose of this article is to present the results of a study of the significance of loneliness in patients with serious psychiatric disease, who live alone at home. This empirical study lasted about 1 year. Participatory observation, talks with the researcher and conversational qualitative interviews were employed. There were eight informants with serious psychiatric illnesses who lived alone in a large city. Throughout the year, a gradual and deeper understanding of the informants' loneliness was sought through the interpretation process. Want as a common fate become visible as an ideographical invariance through summative discussions about the right to life. The results have implications for caring and nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway. brita.nilsson@su.hio.no
authors.forename: Brita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Dagfinn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nåden
authors.forename: Unni A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Lindström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index