The Responses of Young People to Their Experiences of First-Episode Psychosis: Harnessing Resilience

摘要: There is a burgeoning literature on first-episode psychosis, the focus of which early intervention. Little emphasis has been placed responses young people to their experiences psychosis. This study, therefore, aimed describe and explain first episode Data obtained from ten who attended community intervention recovery program in Perth Western Australia were analysed using grounded theory method. The results revealed that basic psychosocial problem experienced by participants was loss control resulting disrupted lives core variable, harnessing resilience, accounted for most variance behaviour overcome this problem. resultant framework described explained how resiled established direction lives. Although there are limitations with qualitative such as small size demographics sample, findings have potential implications approaches service provision phase specific interventions.