“Life Is Not a Wedding Ceremony”: A Grounded Theory Study on Recovery Among Patients Admitted for Psychiatric Care in Lebanon

Alfred Chabbouh, Majida Al Kurdi, Roua Abbas, Mirna Cheiban, Ahmad Sabalbal, Nadia Dandan, Elias Ghossoub, Hala Kerbage, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Montpellier University Hospital, Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, Paris-Saclay University, Paris France

Qualitative Health Research

Published online on November 05, 2025

Abstract

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In Lebanon, personal narratives around recovery from mental illness are seldom researched. With the series of crises Lebanon is going through, determining what recovery means to its citizens is imperative. We used a grounded theory approach to explore how ...