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A Portuguese Photovoice study on the psychosocial experience of a migrant population from Cape Verde after a first episode of psychosis

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ID2395548
AutoresSalomé M Xavier (0000-0002-7941-2862, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca), Sofia Barbosa (0000-0001-6692-7261, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca, autor correspondente), Ana Filipa Correia (0000-0001-8020-5425, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca), Vera Dindo (Sahlgrenska University Hospital), Márcia Sequeira (0000-0001-5267-5040, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca), Teresa Maia (0000-0002-1059-1495, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca), Ana Rita Goes (0000-0002-4722-3282, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Ano2025
Volume62
Fascículo1
Páginas62-77
Data de publicação2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13634615231187252
PMID37519012
OpenAlexW4385399850
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas72

Several migrant populations have been identified worldwide as high-risk groups for psychosis because of their experience of social adversity. Recent evidence suggests that the local contexts in which these populations live should be addressed in their complexity to take into account individual and larger societal environmental aspects. This study aimed to assess the lived experiences of a group of migrant Cape Verdean patients, who had been recently hospitalized for a first episode of psychosis in a mental health service on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal. The study used Photovoice, a qualitative participatory research method in which people's experiences are documented through photography. Six individuals were recruited, and five weekly sessions were conducted to collect data that were analyzed thematically. Emergent themes addressed two main categories of well-being and illness. Participant concepts of well-being were rooted in a definition of freedom encompassing cultural expression, conveyed by familiar environments and supporting communities. Cultural differences may be experienced as important obstacles for well-being and can be associated with feelings of oppression and guilt. Participants' accounts focused on positive aspects of life despite illness and on personal concepts of recovery. The study findings contribute to knowledge of the dynamics of migrants' social experience and underscore the importance of socially and culturally informed mental healthcare institutions

Cape verde · Ethnology · Feeling · Geography · Immigration · Mental health · Mental illness · Photovoice · Population · Portuguese · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Qualitative research · Sociology · Anthropology · Community Health and Development · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology