- Title
- Clinical psychologists' perceived barriers to the provision of psychological services for people with first-episode schizophrenia in urban public health care settings
- Creator
- Barnwell, Garret Christopher
- Subject
- Clinical psychologists -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Schizophrenia -- Treatment -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Urban health -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Health facilities -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality -- Administration
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:10083
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020304
- Description
- This study explored and described the perception of clinical psychologists regarding thebarriers to the provision of psychological services in urban public health settings for people with first-episode schizophrenia. The qualitative research study utilised an explorative, descriptive interpretive research design. Purposive sampling was utilised to gain access to clinical psychologists, who had at least two years of public health experience working with people recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Data was gathered from 11 participants from the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District of the Eastern Cape by means of in-depth interviews that were conducted in English by the researcher until data saturation had occurred. A computer-assisted qualitative thematic analysis of the collected data was conducted using NVIVO software. The findings have been categorised according to three broad domains: 1)contextual barriers 2)health care system-related barriers and 3)first-episode schizophrenia syndrome-related barriers. Several specific sub-themes were identified for each of these main domains allowing for recommendations and suggestions to be provided for attending to and overcoming these perceived barriers.
- Format
- 185 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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