Factors Influencing Professional Help-Seeking Behavior During First Episode Psychosis in Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Study on Caregivers’ Perspective | Zendy

Daniel Teck Lung Wong | Zendy; Seng Fah Tong | Zendy; Tuti Iryani Mohd Daud | Zendy; Salina Abdul Aziz | Zendy; Marhani Midin | Zendy

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Factors Influencing Professional Help-Seeking Behavior During First Episode Psychosis in Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Study on Caregivers’ Perspective

Author(s) -

Daniel Teck Lung Wong,

Seng Fah Tong,

Tuti Iryani Mohd Daud,

Salina Abdul Aziz,

Marhani Midin

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

frontiers in psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.363

H-Index - 67

ISSN - 1664-0640

DOI - 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00962

Subject(s) - dup , thematic analysis , stigma (botany) , psychology , intervention (counseling) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , focus group , nonprobability sampling , exploratory research , clinical psychology , psychosis , help seeking , perspective (graphical) , social stigma , mental illness , mental health , medicine , qualitative research , population , family medicine , environmental health , artificial intelligence , anthropology , sociology , computer science , social science , gene duplication , business , chemistry , biochemistry , marketing , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gene

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that leads to significant productivity loss and is listed in the top 15 global burdens of disease. One important contributor to the high disease burden is duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) which can be shortened with promotion of professional help-seeking behavior. This study explored caregivers' perspective on factors influencing professional help-seeking behavior during first episode psychosis (FEP) in schizophrenia in Malaysia. The results of this study would inform the development of intervention strategies targeted at promoting professional help-seeking behavior in caregivers of individuals experiencing first episode psychosis (FEP). This is a thematic exploratory study which employed purposive sampling using focus group discussion (FGD). These interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Basic thematic approach was used in analyzing the transcribed interviews. Two main themes identified were adequacy of knowledge and stigma. These two factors were found to co-influence each other. Stigma undermined the impact of knowledge on professional help-seeking; likewise, the reverse was also observed. Intervention strategies for promoting help-seeking behavior during FEP should simultaneously focus on improving knowledge about schizophrenia and reducing the stigma attached to it.

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