Whispering on the water: British Pakistani families' experiences of support from an early intervention service for first-episode psychosis

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 969-987

  Penny, Elizabeth ^a   Newton, Elizabeth ^b   Larkin, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Birmingham Early Intervention Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Interpreters; South Asian

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249152033     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109347967     Document Type: Article

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