Narratives Reflecting the Lived Experiences of People with Brain Disorders: Common Psychosocial Difficulties and Determinants

• Sally Hartley,

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Maggie McArthur,

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

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• Michaela Coenen,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology – IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Maria Cabello,

  Affiliation Instituto de Salud Carlos lll CIBERSAM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Instituto de investigacion de la Princesa (IIS-IP), Madrid, Spain

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• Venusia Covelli,

  Affiliation Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit, Scientific Directorate, Neurological Institute Carlo Besta IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy

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• Joanna Roszczynska-Michta,

  Affiliation Institute of Neurology and Psychiatry, Warsaw, Poland

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• Tuuli Pitkänen,

  Affiliation A-Clinic Foundation (A-klinikkasäätiö), Helsinki, Finland

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• Jerome Bickenbach,

  Affiliation Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPR), Nottwil, Switzerland

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• Alarcos Cieza

  * E-mail: alarcos.cieza@soton.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology – IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany, Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPR), Nottwil, Switzerland, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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