Focus Group and Interview Questions
| Focus Group and Interview Questions: Young people | Focus Group Questions: Family members |
|---|---|
| Opening question | Opening question |
| Tell us your name and why you decided to participate in this focus group? | Tell us your name and why you decided to participate in this focus group? |
| Introductory | Introductory |
| How long have you been in the program? And, if you feel like sharing it, how did you come into contact with the first-episode psychosis services? | If you feel like sharing it, how did [the person who referred you to the focus group, he/she can be your son/daughter, etc.] come into contact with mental health services the first time? |
| Key questions | Key questions |
| Based on all interviews that we conducted so far we were able to identify that: First, the help-seeking process is very complex, as you can see, many people, places, circumstances and factors are involved; Why do they think this happens? Second, we were able to identify some of the key people involved in this journey and we would like to know more from you about their roles. For each provider we explore what was helpful and/or less helpful or frustrating. Specific question based on the analysis done (eg, the Caribbean population have really long delays–why do they think this happens?) | Based on all interviews that we conducted so far we were able to identify that: First, the help-seeking process is very complex, as you can see, many people, places, circumstances and factors are involved; Why do they think this happens? Second, we were able to identify some of the key people involved in this journey, you already mentioned some of them, we would like to know more from you about their roles. For each provider we explore what was helpful and/or less helpful or frustrating Ending questions We want to know how to improve the services. What can be done to better help people that experience early symptoms of psychosis to have access to treatment? Is there anything you want to say that we did not ask or you did not talk about today that you want to add? |
| Ending questions | |
| We want to know how to improve the services. What can be done to better help people that experience early symptoms of psychosis to have access to treatment? Is there anything that we missed? |