Table 1.

Overview participants

	NOK to adults (N = 20)	NOK to adolescents (N = 16)
Age of interviewee	30–65 years	35–55 years
Family relations	Father (1) Mother (13) Sister (2) Daughter (3) Female partner to male (1)	Parents (5) Mother (5) Father (1)
Age of sick family members	23–57	16–20
Type of mental health problems	Psychosis/schizophrenia (majority) Bipolar disorder Depression/suicidal thoughts ADHD and Asberger’s syndrom Substance abuse problems	Anorexia nervosa Anxiety/Depression Suicidal thoughts/self harm Psychosis/bipolar episode
Duration of problems	1–20 years	One short episode - 5 years.