1. Issues encountered in a qualitative secondary analysis of help-seeking in the prodrome to psychosis.
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Gladstone, Brenda, Volpe, Tiziana, Boydell, Katherine M., and Gladstone, Brenda M
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MENTAL health , *PSYCHOSES , *QUALITATIVE research , *CHILDREN'S health , *MEDICAL care research , *PATHOLOGICAL psychology , *ADAPTABILITY (Personality) , *EXPERIMENTAL design , *INTERVIEWING , *MOTIVATION (Psychology) , *PSYCHOLOGY of parents , *PSYCHOLOGY , *URBAN health , *FAMILY relations , *BEHAVIORAL research , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *PSYCHOLOGICAL factors - Abstract
Primary data are rarely used explicitly as a source of data outside of the original research purpose for which they were collected. As a result, qualitative secondary analysis (QSA) has been described as an "invisible enterprise" for which there is a "notable silence" amongst the qualitative research community. In this paper, we report on the methodological implications of conducting a secondary analysis of qualitative data focusing on parents' narratives of help-seeking activities in the prodrome to psychosis. We review the literature on QSA, highlighting the main characteristics of the approach, and discuss issues and challenges encountered in conducting a secondary analysis. We conclude with some thoughts on the implications for conducting a QSA in children's mental health services and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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