Risk factors and strategies for relapse prevention among individuals living with serious mental illness in South Africa: Qualitative inquiry from patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives

• Joyce Protas Mlay ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mlay.joyce@yahoo.com, 221117327@stu.ukzn.ac.za

  Affiliations Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9281-3011

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• Thirusha Naidu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discipline of Behavioural Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Suvira Ramlall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discipline of Psychiatry, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Sbusisiwe Sandra Mhlungu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Private Practice, Durban, South Africa

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• Makhosazane Zondi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Durban, South Africa, Discipline of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Richard Lessells,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Durban, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-710X

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• Jennifer I. Manuel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Andrew Tomita

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Centre for Rural Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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