We have partnered with the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) to share young people’s experiences of psychosis on their podcast, Piece of Mind: Mental Health & Psychiatry.
Supporting young people with psychosis in Wales
In this episode, we met with Maleeha Akbar and Eleanor Williams.
Maleeha is based in Cardiff and experienced psychosis when she was at university. She now works for Cardiff and Vale Drug and Alcohol Service and facilitates the Headroom peer support group for young people who have experienced psychosis in Cardiff. Maleeha has kindly shared her experience of recovering from psychosis and how she got involved with the peer support group.
Eleanor is the Clinical Team Leader for Headroom, the service supporting people with psychosis in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
What it’s really like to experience psychosis
Psychosis can be a difficult thing to explain. It is a term used when people experience a ‘loss of touch’ with reality. Around 3% of people will have a psychotic episode during their lifetime.
Leading the discussion for us in this episode is Maleeha, a member of the peer support group at Headroom Cardiff, who support young people in Wales that have experienced psychosis. Joining Maleeha are Bekah and Hezron, both of whom have experienced an episode of psychosis and became friends through the peer support group.
Maleeha, Bekah and Hezron, kindly share their experiences of psychosis which they went through as young adults at university. They also share what they found helpful during this time and the difference the support services and peer support group made to their recovery.
