Using focus groups to inform a brief video intervention to reduce public stigma toward Black youth living with psychosis.
Front Psychiatry
; 14: 1210222, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Black individuals living with psychosis are at risk for stigma and marginalization due to systematic discrimination and barriers to receiving treatment. Social contact-based interventions have the potential to reduce stigma; however, interventions with elements specific to the experiences of Black youth are limited. Therefore, we aimed to gather input from Black youth living with psychosis to develop a social contact-based, brief video intervention to reduce public stigma toward Black youth with psychosis.Methods:
Two 90-min focus groups were conducted with seven young Black individuals ages 18-30 with First Episode Psychosis from OnTrackNY. Participants were asked about their experiences of stigma and racial discrimination, and their perspectives on a video intervention. Focus group transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results:
Themes that emerged included the salience of stigma and racial experiences for some participants and not others; the linking of religiosity and symptoms in Black communities; the importance of taking responsibility for recovery as a coping strategy to counteract stigma; and mixed views on creating a video intervention specific to Black youth.Conclusion:
Meaningful and empowering involvement of individuals with lived experience of psychosis is essential to create stigma reducing interventions. Input from Black youth living with psychosis assisted in developing a culturally tailored brief video-based intervention to reduce public stigma toward Black youth with psychosis that included information about the protagonist's experience of race and mental illness, specifically family, religious, and community-based experiences.
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Front Psychiatry
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2023
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