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Lived experiences of negative symptoms in first-episode psychosis : a qualitative secondary analysis
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Gee, Brioney, Hodgekins, Jo, Lavis, Anna, Notley, Caitlin, Birchwood, M. J., Everard, Linda, Freemantle, Nick, Jones, Peter B., Singh, Swaran P., Amos, Tim, Marshall, Max, Sharma, Vimal, Smith, Jo and Fowler, David (2019) Lived experiences of negative symptoms in first-episode psychosis : a qualitative secondary analysis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13 (4). pp. 773-779. doi:10.1111/eip.12558 ISSN 1751-7893.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12558
Abstract
Aim
Exploring how negative symptoms are experienced and understood by individuals with lived experience of psychosis has the potential to offer insights into the complex psychosocial processes underlying negative symptom presentations. The aim of the current study was to investigate lived experiences of negative symptoms through secondary analysis of interviews conducted with individuals recovering from first-episode psychosis.
Method
Transcripts of in-depth interviews with participants (n = 24) recruited from Early Intervention in Psychosis services were analysed thematically with a focus on participants’ experiences and personal understandings of features corresponding to the negative symptoms construct.
Results
Descriptions of reductions in expression, motivation and sociability were common features of participants’ accounts. Several participants described the experience of having difficulty interacting as like being a ‘zombie’. Some participants experienced diminished capacity for emotion, thought or drive as underlying these experiences. However, participants typically attributed reductions in expression, motivation and sociability to medication side-effects, lack of confidence or active avoidance intended to protect them from rejection or ridicule, sometimes linked to internalised stigma.
Conclusions
Personal accounts of experiences of reduced expression, motivation and sociability during first-episode psychosis highlight the personal meaningfulness and role of agency is these features, challenging the framing of negative symptoms as passive manifestations of diminished capacity.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Psychoses -- Patients -- Interviews, Psychoses -- Treatment | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Early Intervention in Psychiatry | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1751-7893 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 13 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 773-779 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/eip.12558 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 February 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 March 2019 | ||||||||
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