Ethnicity and pathways to care during first episode psychosis: The role of cultural illness attributions

Swaran P. Singh*, Luke Brown, Catherine Winsper, Ruchika Gajwani, Zoebia Islam, Rubina Jasani, Helen Parsons, Fatemeh Rabbie-Khan, Max Birchwood

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    Original languageEnglish
    Article number287
    JournalBMC Psychiatry
    Volume15
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - 16 Nov 2015

    Funding

    The ENRICH team includes Professor Swaran Singh, Dr. Zoebia Islam, Dr. Luke Brown, Dr. Rubina Jasani, Dr. Ruchika Gajwani, Ms. Shabana Akhtar, Ms. Charlene Jones, Ms. Madeline Parks, Mr. Nathan Worthington-Williams, Dr. Helen Parsons, Professor Fatemeh Rabiee, Professor Max Birchwood, Professor Helen Lester, and Dr. Hannah Bradby. Out thanks to all the researchers who contributed to the ENRICH Study 3, especially Ms. Shabana Akhtar, Ms. Gagandeep Chohan, Ms. Marta Wanat, and Dr. Aman Durrani. Thanks to Priya Tah who commented on the manuscript. We are also grateful to all clinicians, commissioners, voluntary and community organisation representatives, spiritual care representatives, patients and carers, and members of the steering group who generously offered their time and support to the study. This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research under its Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (RP-PG-0606-1151). The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health. Profs M.B and S.P.S are part funded by the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, West Midlands (CLAHRC-WM). The views expressed are not necessarily those of the NIHR or Department of Health. Acknowledgments The ENRICH team includes Professor Swaran Singh, Dr. Zoebia Islam, Dr. Luke Brown, Dr. Rubina Jasani, Dr. Ruchika Gajwani, Ms. Shabana Akhtar, Ms. Charlene Jones, Ms. Madeline Parks, Mr. Nathan Worthington-Williams, Dr. Helen Parsons, Professor Fatemeh Rabiee, Professor Max Birchwood, Professor Helen Lester, and Dr. Hannah Bradby. Out thanks to all the researchers who contributed to the ENRICH Study 3, especially Ms. Shabana Akhtar, Ms. Gagandeep Chohan, Ms. Marta Wanat, and Dr. Aman Durrani. Thanks to Priya Tah who commented on the manuscript. We are also grateful to all clinicians, commissioners, voluntary and community organisation representatives, spiritual care representatives, patients and carers, and members of the steering group who generously offered their time and support to the study. This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research under its Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (RP-PG-0606-1151). The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health. Profs M.B and S.P.S are part funded by the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, West Midlands (CLAHRC-WM). The views expressed are not necessarily those of the NIHR or Department of Health.

    Keywords

    • Compulsory detention
    • Early intervention
    • Ethnicity
    • First episode psychosis
    • Illness attributions

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