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Experiences of friendships of young people with first-episode psychosis: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: First episode psychosis and reduced social networks have been found to go hand in hand, but specific mechanisms are unclear. The manifestation of symptoms and the effect of stigma are two possibilities discussed in the literature but the experiences and views of young people with psychos...

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Autores principales: Huckle, Catherine, Lemmel, Frederike, Johnson, Sonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34329346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255469
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description BACKGROUND: First episode psychosis and reduced social networks have been found to go hand in hand, but specific mechanisms are unclear. The manifestation of symptoms and the effect of stigma are two possibilities discussed in the literature but the experiences and views of young people with psychosis have been neglected. AIMS: To explore experiences of friendships of young people with first-episode psychosis, focusing especially on any perceived changes in their friendships or approach to peer relationships as a result of the illness. METHODS: Fourteen participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide, which explored participants’ views and experiences of their friendships during the acute phase of illness and in the path to recovery, the impact of friendships on illness experience and of illness on patterns of social contact, and the potential role of services in supporting people with their friendships. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. RESULTS: Identified themes included the loss of social contacts because both young people developing psychosis withdrew and because friends withdrew as illness developed. Regarding recovery, a unique role was identified for friends and participants were often making conscious efforts to rebuild social networks. Mental health services were viewed as having a limited direct role in this. CONCLUSIONS: Supporting the development of opportunities and skills needed for social relationships following an episode of psychosis may be a useful focus.
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spelling pubmed-83239372021-07-31 Experiences of friendships of young people with first-episode psychosis: A qualitative study Huckle, Catherine Lemmel, Frederike Johnson, Sonia PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: First episode psychosis and reduced social networks have been found to go hand in hand, but specific mechanisms are unclear. The manifestation of symptoms and the effect of stigma are two possibilities discussed in the literature but the experiences and views of young people with psychosis have been neglected. AIMS: To explore experiences of friendships of young people with first-episode psychosis, focusing especially on any perceived changes in their friendships or approach to peer relationships as a result of the illness. METHODS: Fourteen participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide, which explored participants’ views and experiences of their friendships during the acute phase of illness and in the path to recovery, the impact of friendships on illness experience and of illness on patterns of social contact, and the potential role of services in supporting people with their friendships. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. RESULTS: Identified themes included the loss of social contacts because both young people developing psychosis withdrew and because friends withdrew as illness developed. Regarding recovery, a unique role was identified for friends and participants were often making conscious efforts to rebuild social networks. Mental health services were viewed as having a limited direct role in this. CONCLUSIONS: Supporting the development of opportunities and skills needed for social relationships following an episode of psychosis may be a useful focus. Public Library of Science 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8323937/ /pubmed/34329346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255469 Text en © 2021 Huckle et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34329346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255469
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