Service user and carer experiences of seeking help for a first episode of psychosis: A UK qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tanskanen, Sanna ^a   Morant, Nicola ^b   Hinton, Mark ^a   Lloyd Evans, Brynmor ^a,c   Crosby, Michelle ^a   Killaspy, Helen ^c   Raine, Rosalind ^c   Pilling, Stephen ^c   Johnson, Sonia ^a,c  

^a CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURATION OF UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80053379588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-157     Document Type: Article

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