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Conditional disclosure on pathways to care: coping preferences of young people at risk of psychosis

Gronholm, Petra C., Thornicroft, Graham, Laurens, Kristin R. and Evans-Lacko, Sara ORCID: 0000-0003-4691-2630 (2017) Conditional disclosure on pathways to care: coping preferences of young people at risk of psychosis. Qualitative Health Research, 27 (12). pp. 1842-1855. ISSN 1049-7323

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Identification Number: 10.1177/1049732316680337

Abstract

The interrelationship between stigma and help-seeking is under-researched among children and adolescents. This study explored stigma in relation to pathways to care among young people putatively in an early stage of increased risk of developing psychotic disorders. “Pathways to care” was defined as help-seeking and support from informal and formal resources, and increased risk was determined through the presence of persistent psychotic-like experiences and internalizing/externalizing psychopathology. Twenty-nine qualitative interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. We defined the superordinate theme in these data as “conditional disclosure,” a concept reflecting the rules and prerequisites that influenced how/whether participants sought help. Through parallels between these findings and established stigma theory, we examined how these conditions could be interpreted as influenced by stigma. Our findings demonstrate the influence of stigma on young people’s perceptions of a range of pre-clinical symptoms, and on how they seek support for these symptoms.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/qhr
Additional Information: © 2016 The Authors
Divisions: Personal Social Services Research Unit
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2017 15:22
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2024 08:15
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80439

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