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Received: 12 June 2018

Accepted: 20 December 2018

First Online: 7 January 2019

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: EB is trained as a clinical psychologist and received her Clin.Psy.D. from the University of Birmingham. She is currently working as a research fellow on the process evaluation of the PARTNERS2 trial. Her clinical and research interests include recovery-based practice, especially as applied to psychosis.NB is Professor of Applied Health Care Research at the University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health. She has a PhD in medical sociology and is an experienced qualitative researcher. Her research interests include patient-practitioner communication about medicines.MC received a Bsc. (Hons) in Psychology from Lancaster University. She has received post graduate qualifications in Mental Health Research and Primary Care Mental Health Practice. She worked as a research associate on the PARTNERS2 project and has also worked within the NHS in both primary care and secondary care settings.LGa trained in psychiatry at the University of Manchester, where she received her PhD, and is currently Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry. Her research interests are improving the quality of care for people with mental health problems in the setting of primary care, the management of depression and mental health communication skills. She also has personal experience of mental health problems.LGi received an MSc in Social Research from the University of Plymouth. She worked on the Partners2 project as a Service User Research Assistant, bringing lived experience to the role. She also runs a voluntary help group for those with mild to moderate mental health problems.RGJ received her PhD in Education from the University of Exeter and worked on the PARTNERS2 project as a research fellow. She is a qualitative researcher interested by participatory research, reviews and realist approaches. Her interests include disability, stigma and marginalisation, how these interact with identity and the social model of disability.CMc received her Masters in Sociology from Simon Fraser University and worked on the PARTNERS2 project as a research assistant. Her research interests include mental health, sexuality and virtual spaces.SR is Senior Lecturer in Health Research at the Lancaster University. Her research interests are improving the quality of care and evidence base for the delivery of health and social care services for people living with severe mental illness and people living with dementia.AR received her DPhil in Public Health from the University of Oxford and worked as a research associate on the PARTNERS2 project. She is interested in using mixed methods to evaluate and develop health and social policy in relation to individuals from vulnerable communities.

: Ethical approval was obtained from the West Midlands – Edgbaston Ethics Committee (REC number 14/WM/0052). All participants provided written informed consent before taking part in this study.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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