The African, Caribbean and European (ACE) Pathways to Care study: A qualitative exploration of similarities and differences between African-origin, Caribbean-origin and European-origin groups in pathways to care for psychosis

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ferrari, Manuela ^a,b   Flora, Nina ^a   Anderson, Kelly K ^c   Tuck, Andrew ^a   Archie, Suzanne ^d   Kidd, Sean ^a,e   McKenzie, Kwame ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANADA; CARIBBEAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DURATION OF UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STEREOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84921889209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006562     Document Type: Article

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