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Addressing Stigma and Promoting Help-Seeking Among African Nova Scotian Youth Experiencing Psychosis and Other Mental Health Problems

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of perceptions of mental illnesses (especially psychosis), help-seeking, barriers to help-seeking, and opportunities to facilitate help-seeking in the African Nova Scotian Community. METHODS: A qualitative interpretive narrative approach, using the focus group method, was employed to engage African Nova Scotians in discussions on their perceptions and beliefs about …

Authors

Waldron I; Senger B; Cookey J; Crown M; Tibbo P

Journal

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 200–207

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

March 2023

DOI

10.1177/07067437221125305

ISSN

0706-7437