“…A small number of studies have assessed this relationship specifically in first-episode psychosis (FEP), with a substantial proportion of literature being qualitative (Anderson, Fuhrer, & Malla, 2013;Chen, Gearing, DeVylder, & Oh, 2014;Connor et al, 2016;Ferrari et al, 2015;Stewart, 2013;Welsh & Tiffin, 2012). A recent systematic review of mental-health stigma and pathways to care in FEP or at-risk populations revealed only nine quantitative articles with no study exploring the relationship between stigma and help-seeking from a patient perspective in FEP (Gronholm, Thornicroft, Laurens, & Evans-Lacko, 2017). Much of the literature was found to focus on family members or carers viewpoints (Compton & Esterberg, 2005) or on atrisk populations (Rüsch & Thornicroft, 2014;Xu et al, 2016).…”