"This is real", "this is hard" and "I'm not making it up": Experience of diagnosis and living with non-epileptic attack disorder.

Purpose: To use a qualitative research approach to explore adults' experience of living with non-epileptic attack disorder.

Objective: The objective was to explore the experience of adults (18 years+) with a confirmed diagnosis of non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) across the trajectory of the disorder. The topics investigated included the onset of symptoms, the experience of non-epileptic attacks, the diagnostic process and living with NEAD.

'No one else understands', 'I wouldn't want to pity myself over something that's not really my problem': siblings' experiences of their adolescent brothers and sisters' inpatient treatment for mental health difficulties.

Background: Family life is disrupted when a child experiences mental health difficulties. This can have long-standing effects on sibling relationships. This study explores the lived experiences of young people who have an adolescent sibling hospitalised for treatment of a mental health difficulty.