Views on sharing mental health data for research purposes: qualitative analysis of interviews with people with mental illness

Table 1 Participant Demographics

Participant	Gender	Age range^a	Ethnicity	Location	Highest Level of Education	Mental Illness Experience
1	Female	30–40	White	England	Postgraduate degree	Anxiety (primary*), depression
2	Male	40–50	White	Scotland	Undergraduate degree	Schizophrenia (primary), addiction
3	Female	40–50	Mixed/multiple ethnic groups	Wales	Undergraduate degree	Bipolar disorder (primary), depression, anxiety (participant added PTSD** during interview)
4	Female	40–50	White	Scotland	Undergraduate degree	Anxiety, PTSD** (primary), depression
5	Male	40–50	White	Scotland	Postgraduate degree	Addiction, anxiety, depression, autism*** (primary)
6	Female	40–50	White	England	Postgraduate degree	Anxiety, bipolar disorder (had diagnosis removed), depression (no primary condition chosen)
7	Female	40–50	White	England	A-level	Depression (primary), anxiety, eating disorder, self-harm
8	Male	40–50	White	England	Undergraduate degree	Anxiety, depression (primary), self-harm
9	Male	30–40	White	England	Postgraduate degree	Anxiety, depression (primary), eating disorder, self-harm
10	Male	30–40	White	England	Postgraduate degree	Anxiety, depression (primary)
11	Non-binary	20–30	White	Scotland	Undergraduate degree	Anxiety (primary), depression
12	Female	30–40	White	England	Postgraduate degree	Anxiety, depression (primary)

Note.^aAge (in years) is provided as a range to protect participant anonymity. *“Primary” mental health condition was defined by the respondent as the condition which had the biggest impact on the participant’s daily life. **PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder. ***Autism is not a mental health condition but is included here in cases where participants chose to add autism themselves when asked to report their mental health conditions. As we did not explicitly ask about autism, it is not possible to determine whether or not other participants were also autistic

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