Profiles

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Nick - Interview 02

Nick and his wife have cared for their son with paranoid schizophrenia for almost 12 years. In the beginning Nick didn't feel heard by health professionals, but today he is very involved.

  • Background

    Nick is married with two grown up children. Originally from Sri Lanka, he worked for a news agency before retiring and is now working on mental health issues in a...

  • Age at interview 74
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Miriam - Interview 05

    Miriam carers for her son who is in his late twenties. He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia but she thinks what he has is drug induced psychosis.

  • Background

    Miriam works as a Nurse Practitioner (mental health). Originally from East Africa, she came to the UK nearly twenty years ago. She lives with her husband and her two youngest...

  • Age at interview 51
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Jane - Interview 22

    For the last 20 years Jane and her husband has cared for their daughter Sarah, who has schizophrenia. She worries about what will happen to their daughter when they are not around anymore.

  • Background

    Jane lives with her husband and her daughter Sarah. She also has other grown up children. She became a carer at age 48.

  • Age at interview 69
  • Sex/Gender Female