Questions

What happens between needing help and actually receiving it?

These are the questions I keep returning to, in the order a person tends to meet them. Pick the stop that feels closest to you.

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  1. 1

    Before asking for help

    What makes it difficult to recognise a problem, name it, or take the first step?

    Read: The barriers we don't see →Share yours, if you'd like →
  2. 2

    During a crisis

    What helps a person accept support? What makes families hesitate? Where does stigma change decisions?

    Read: Staying with someone in crisis →Share yours, if you'd like →
  3. 3

    Finding care

    What happens when services exist but the path to them is difficult to navigate?

    Read: The barriers we don't see →Share yours, if you'd like →
  4. 4

    Around the person

    What happens to family members, friends and informal caregivers who suddenly become part of someone's care?

    Read: When psychosis meets stigma →Share yours, if you'd like →
  5. 5

    After the crisis

    What happens after immediate danger has passed? What support exists then?

    Read: Can training change how communities respond? →Share yours, if you'd like →
  6. 6

    The system itself

    When the same problem appears repeatedly, is it still an individual problem, or a systems problem?

    Read: Thinking in systems →Share yours, if you'd like →