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Fran is an NHS trainer and lives on her own. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Fran had psychotic episodes when she was younger and was hospitalised several times. More recently, she has been feeling better and only visits her GP for repeat prescriptions and to...
Green Lettuce wants to be an entrepreneur, lives in the countryside, is single. Ethnic Background: White British.
Green Lettuce had problems with anxiety, voices and paranoia. He is now much better and wants to set up his own business. He takes a tranquilizer (Diazepam) and a sleeping...
Single. Ethnic background/nationality: Black-African (born in Zimbabwe); in UK for 7 years.
Chapman, 23, describes himself as Black-African and was born in Zimbabwe. He has been in the UK for 7 years and is awaiting the decision of an application for asylum....
Tariq is 21 and of British Asian origin. He is a full-time university student.
This 21 year old Asian student was diagnosed with manic depression and then schizophrenia. He doesn’t think that the mental health system is institutionally racist, saying that he encountered discrimination...
Max was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was in hospital for over a year.
Max is single and is mixed race.
Emily started having unusual thoughts at the age of 11 and heard voices for the first time when she was 14. She has had two hospital stays and although her psychosis is worse than when she was younger she now feels better able to manage it.
Emily is white British.
Lucy experienced psychosis and depression after suffering from two head injuries. When she took an overdose the crisis team asked about her psychotic experiences. Medications have not helped and she has suffered bad side effects.
Lucy is White British. She was unemployed at the time of the interview. Since the interview she has started working as a tax assistant.
Andrew started to experience psychosis when he was 14. He has had many diagnosis but thinks the phrase depressive psychosis best describes his experience. He does not take any medication for his psychosis and manages his mental health day to day.
Andrew is an elected local councillor. His ethnicity is White British.
Ruby has had several diagnosis including Borderline Personality Disorder with psychotic features. She experiences troubling hallucinations that relate to childhood trauma and has been in hospital regularly for three years. Ruby volunteers to help others.
Ruby is a part-time student with the Open University. She is single and White British.
Sam experienced depression from the age of nine and began hearing voices and seeing shadows of people who were not there when she was 15. She wants to study at college but has been turned away due to stigma about her psychosis. Medication has not helped her.
Sam is White British.
