How does group membership help psychosis recovery?

Ask most people who they are, and they'll talk about their job, their likes and dislikes, their appearance. But there's another way of defining your identity - by the groups of people you mix with. We're a social species and who we choose to be with affects how we see the world, and ourselves. It can be a vital part of mental health. That's why occupational therapist and researcher Emilia Deakin chose to study how people with psychosis interact with the groups as they recover, for a study for her PhD, called UNFOLD. And then lockdown happened, and all of the normal social groups stopped. She told me how she solved the problem. As of August 2021, UNFOLD is still recruiting, so if you'd like to know more about it you can email [email protected]. There's more infomation on the study website, https://www.researchintorecovery.com/research/unfold/  This Podcast is brought to you by the Research & Innovation team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust with the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. Follow us on @ResearchNUH and @NottmBRC, or email R&[email protected]. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the podcast where-ever you get your podcasts, and like/review us on Apple Podcasts especially. It's For Science.