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Review Article

Exploring personal accounts of the facilitators and barriers to seeking help for first-episode psychosis (FEP): a meta-ethnography

Reham Al Tahera Centre for Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew Foxa Centre for Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;b Psychological Services, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4312-7453View further author information
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Received 07 Jun 2023, Accepted 22 Sep 2023, Published online: 06 Oct 2023

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