Comparing life experiences of college students with differing courses of schizophrenia in Korea: case studies

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to identify how daily experiences of college students with schizophrenia reflected the course of their disease. METHODS: The sample included 8 college students with schizophrenia. Comparisons of life experiences were made across disease courses using themes established in a prior study. FINDINGS: Subjects had different themes according to the following three disease courses: recovering, deteriorating, and fluctuating. CONCLUSIONS: This finding provides support for developing intervention strategies for college students in each disease course, such as the unique ways that psychiatric nurses can help college students with difficulties due to serious mental illness.