In this graduation thesis I present the life of social work users, who were given psychiatric diagnosis in their childhood or in their adolescence. In this study I focused on: the social context of these people, prior to the diagnosis, in the diagnostic process, the social context of a person after the diagnosis and the role of social work throughout the helping process. I was interested in: the life of people before the diagnosis was made, what were the protective and risk factors in their life, the way the helping process was, the diagnosis itself, and what changes the diagosis brought to their lifes. I was also interested: in their opinions and observations as regards the role of social work in their treatment, in their experiences and expectations from social work help. Based on the results, I have found that people as children were exposed to many risk factors, the role of social work in the helping process was small and did not get envolved enought; people were stigmatized for psychiatric diagnosis and even though they believe that the diagnosis did not affect on their socio-economic status.
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