title: Impact of Mental Health Services on Resilience in Youth with First Episode Psychosis: A Qualitative Study.
abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand how mental health and related services support and hinder resilience in young people diagnosed with first-episode psychosis. Seventeen youth between the ages of 18-24 were recruited and 31 in-depth interviews were conducted. Findings illustrated that informational and meaning making, instrumental, and emotional supports were experienced positively (i.e., resilience-enhancing); whereas services with ghettoizing, engulfing, regulating, and out of tune practices were experienced negatively (i.e., resilience-hindering). These results demonstrate how various types of service-related practices influence resilience in youth and can inform future planning of services for psychosis.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. shalini.lal@umontreal.ca.|University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada. shalini.lal@umontreal.ca.|Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada. shalini.lal@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ungar
authors.affiliation: Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malla
authors.affiliation: Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leggo
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mental health services; Resilience; Service engagement; Well-being; Youth mental health