Why do patients want medication free treatment for psychosis? An explorative study on reasons for applying to medication free programs.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK) South East Norway (REK 2016/1708) and by the Data Protection Official at University Hospital of North Norway (UNN) (02135) regarding GDPR. Participating was voluntary and independent from the treatment unit. All information has been processed with de-identified data. Possibility to withdraw from the study without consequences was explicitly expressed. Informed consent was obtained from the participants. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by UiT The Arctic University of Norway (incl University Hospital of North Norway). The first author was supported by a grant from the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority and University Hospital of North Norway."