Yes it is :)

Nice paper Sarah. How are you finding getting this area out there? I’ve hit some skepticism in reviewer comments

Nice concentric circles/spirals pattern :)

Fuller version on LinkedIn. 🦋🪴

Unfortunately, there is still a lot of stigma around mental ill-health, psychosis and autism.

It is my hope that this helps to address some of this stigma, promote better mutuality of understandings, and contribute towards ongoing service improvement and reform.

However, more generally there is scope for additional improvements in services and early intervention services are currently being propagated across Scotland.

Stigma and discrimination are also issues for autistic adults, adolescents and children - see @drmbothapsych.bsky.social 4

For me, a diagnosis of autism enables me to make better decisions, and anticipate stressors, in order to safeguard my health, and also equipped me to better cope with challenges. 3

My autism diagnosis was received after a crisis point, and early intervention in psychosis services took an individualised view to better understand what had led to me becoming unwell. Other individuals will have different factors which contribute towards a first episode of psychosis in them. 2