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People with enduring mental health problems described the importance of communication, continuity of care, and stigma

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.5.3.93

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    Kai J, Crosland A.Perspectives of people with enduring mental ill health from a community-based qualitative study.Br J Gen Pract2001 Sep;51:730–6OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    QUESTION: How do people with enduring mental health problems experience health care?

    Design

    Community based qualitative study.

    Setting

    4 general practices serving a disadvantaged locality of 5 wards in {Newcastle upon Tyne}*, UK.

    Participants

    32 people (56% men, mean duration of mental illness of 21 y) who were identified by their general practitioner as disabled by enduring mental ill health (≥2 y impaired social behaviour and inability to keep a job, maintain self care, complete domestic chores, or participate in recreational activities). Exclusion criteria were age <16 years, dementia or other organic brain disorder, or a learning disability.

    Methods

    Individual interviews of 45 minutes to 2 hours were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Theoretical saturation occurred after 34 interviews; 2 interviews were excluded because the respondents did not acknowledge any experience of mental illness. Data were analysed using grounded theory methods. Emerging findings were …

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    Footnotes

    • Sources of funding: Newcastle West Primary Care Group and Newcastle City Health Trust.

    • For correspondence: Dr J Kai, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. j.p.kai{at}bham.ac.uk

    • A modified version of this abstract appears in Evidence-Based Mental Health.