Gill, Jasmin (2023). Making the threat real: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis exploring the emotional well-being of people with psychosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. University of Birmingham. Clin.Psy.D.
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Abstract
This thesis has been submitted by Jasmin Gill in completion for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (ClinPsyD) at the University of Birmingham. The thesis contains three chapters comprising the research component of the degree.
Chapter one of this thesis is a meta-ethnography exploring the impact of psychosis on development in young people. Meta-ethnography is an approach used to review and synthesise qualitative findings by translating them into each other. The review indicated two superordinate themes showing (1) how development is interrupted and (2) how it may be re- started. The review illustrates a journey characterised by young people concealing their experiences of psychosis, before learning to incorporate these experiences into their lives and sense of self.
Chapter two of this thesis is an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) exploring the experience of emotional well-being of people with psychosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. IPA is a qualitative method of analysis seeking to understand people’s experiences of the world. Eight people with psychosis were recruited from a local NHS Trust and interviewed online. Four themes suggested the experience of the pandemic was polarising, being a time of amplified loneliness, vulnerability, segregation, and threat but also an opportunity to enrich the recovery from psychosis. Despite this opportunity, moments of loneliness and segregation had often impaired existing recovery made by participants and amplified symptoms of psychosis.
Finally, the third chapter of this thesis comprises two press release papers seeking to disseminate and communicate the findings of the previous chapters.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Clin.Psy.D.) | ||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Clin.Psy.D. | ||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved | ||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Life & Environmental Sciences | ||||||
| School or Department: | School of Psychology | ||||||
| Funders: | None/not applicable | ||||||
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/14179 |
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