Playing With Antidepressants: Perspectives From Indian Australians and Anglo-Australians Living With Depression.
Patient perspectives were explored on the meaning and experience of antidepressant use by applying Johan Huizinga's theory of play to interviews from Indian Australians and Anglo-Australians diagnosed with depression. Through the analysis, the centrality of Huizinga's "magic circle" emerged, that is, defining the boundaries within which one could safely play. Consumption of antidepressants involved learning, breaking, and modulating rules of the game of adherence, then forging a new "magic circle." In these games, there were playful elements including experimentation, improvisation, absorption, and experiential learning. This application of Huizinga's theory in relation to antidepressant use is a novel approach in the literature on medication non/adherence. This application not only opens a new theoretical line of inquiry but also shows that antidepressant non/adherence is not a static practice but dynamic and changing, revealing critical insights around participant's agency, capabilities, desires, and notions of selfhood with regard to managing their depression and conceptualizing their recovery.
1 Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Bianca
B
Brijnath
2 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Josefine
J
Antoniades
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D044466:Asian People; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
D000928:Antidepressive Agents
Australia; adherence / compliance; depression / mental health and illness; immigrants / migrants; interviews / qualitative; medication, decision making