Table 1. Participant profiles.
Participant Age Gender Recruited from Problems described
Attended
workshop?
1 35–39 F SUN:RISE Action Network, a service user
focus group
Hearing voices, anxiety,
psychosis, drug addiction
no
2 45–49 F Sheffield Arts and Well-being Network;
Creative network related to mental
well-being
Depression, anxiety,
hearing voices
yes
3 35–39 F Storying Sheffield Forum; Ex-part-time
students of the English module who
meet and share ideas
Social phobia, insomnia,
depression
no
4 30–34 M Sheffield University Student Announce,
university mailing list
Suicidal attempts, alcohol
addiction, depression
yes
5 25–29 F Sheffield University Student Announce,
university mailing list
Psychosis no
6 18–24 F Sheffield University Student Announce,
university mailing list
Medically unexplained
physical symptoms,
suicide attempts, panic
attacks, depression
no
7 55–59 M Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS
Foundation Trust; statutory care
provider
Post traumatic stress
disorder, panic attacks,
obsessive compulsive
disorder
no
8 25–29 F Sheffield University Student Announce,
university mailing list
Panic Attacks, extreme
stress, social phobia
yes