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- Video description - Jackie, who has schizophrenia, shares her story about taking part in the Culturally-adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) trial. The trial is testing a new 'talking therapy' with Black and Mixed heritage service users, their families, community members and healthcare professionals.
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Descriptive transcript
0:00 - Audio and visual
[Jackie is petting her cat]
I'm Jackie and I've got paranoid schizophrenia and I've taken part in the CaFI trial.
0:08 - Onscreen text
[National Institute for Health and Care Research logo, culturally-adapted family intervention logo and text: talking therapy research study]
0:13 - Audio and visual
[Jackie is talking to the camera]
When I first became unwell I didn't realise and I wasn't on any medication for a couple of years So the illness, the schizophrenia, progressed in me and I just didn't understand it. I'd never met anyone with schizophrenia before. I was totally devastated. My brain went numb. I couldn't think, couldn't talk to people. I was like an introvert. I didn't really have a life.
[Footage of Jackie’s cat and of the CaFI trial posters are shown]
I found out about the CaFI trial through my community psychiatric nurse. She said it'd be good for you because they deal with your beliefs. Because my personality used to split as well. And one of the therapists that came from CaFI, she totally understood that. It was nothing heavy because I said “I don't want anything heavy. I don't want to go back into the depths of what my problems were before.” I just wanted something light. And it was light.
I had three therapists that came and they'd spend about an hour to an hour and a half here. We’d talk about my beliefs about certain groups of people who I had issues with. There was one time then they said to walk through St Mary's. It's multicultural and I had fear walking up that way before and I'm not fearful around there anymore.
[Footage of Jackie walking outside]
I can go out. I can feel confident I can talk to people, you know, I feel part of the community now.
[Jackie is talking to camera]
The therapy finished probably about a couple of months ago now and I am reaping the benefits. I feel free mentally now whereas before I felt like I had a load of barbed wire wrapped around my brain and I couldn't get out of it. But now I feel much freer.
I'm a result of the therapy that I've had over the years. It's a positive thing looking into your
cultural beliefs. The therapy has helped me tremendously. I'd recommend it to anyone.
2:41 - Audio and visual
[The Be Part of Research logo is played and a different voice speaks]
Life-changing research starts with people like you. Sign up to be part of research today and help improve the care and treatment of tomorrow. Go online to find out more.
2:51 - Closing frame
Middle of frame - logo of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
