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Mental health: ethnic minority carers’ experiences
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People caring for a son or daughter
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Sarah - Interview 25
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She felt hope when a professor said that getting people with schizophrenia stable is not enough; we should aim for remission (played by an actor).
Sarah cares for her son who has shcizophrenia. She is active in several carer's oganisations.
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Mental health: ethnic minority carers’ experiences
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People caring for a son or daughter
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Sarah - Interview 25
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She hopes for a breakthrough in medicine which can help her son live a better life (played by an actor).
Sarah cares for her son who has shcizophrenia. She is active in several carer's oganisations.
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People caring for their husband, wife or partner
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Emily - Interview 19
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She believes mental illness is a spiritual illness which needs treatment such as prayer and worship, but God put doctors here to help us when we need
Emily has been caing for her husband who suffers from Schizophrenia since she came to the UK three years ago. She says her relationship to God gives her peace and makes her able to cope with a difficult situation.
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Anne - Interview 20
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When her husband told a joke for the first time in over a year, Anne felt really hopeful.
Anne has been caring for her husband, who has severe depression, over the last four years. She has recently returned to part time work after having been a full time carer for some time. She believes it should be a requirement that health professionals listen to carers.
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Kiran - Interview 26
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Kiran says things are easier now the children are grown up and he has learnt to live with his wife's condition (recording in Gujarati).
Kiran has been caring for his wife for seven years. She has a lot of health issues and it took over 20 years to find out that depression was an important part of her problems.
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