Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little research has looked at how people who do not use mental health services experience psychosis. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the experiences and views of people with psychosis who have neither sought nor received support from mental health services for at least 5 years.

Design

A narrative interview study. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.

Setting

England.

Participants

Twenty-eight participants with self-defined psychotic experiences were asked to provide a free narrative about their experiences.

Results

Five themes were identified: (1) Perceiving psychosis as positive; (2) Making sense of psychotic experiences as a more active psychological process to find explanations and meaning; (3) Finding sources of strength

SUBMITTER: McGranahan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8291296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature