From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement
Background: User involvement and recovery are now widely used terms within the mental health policy, research and practice discourse. However, there is a question mark about the impact these ideas have in everyday practice. Of interest is the degree of involvement in key transitions of care. In pa...
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| author | Wright, Nicola Rowley, Emma Chopra, Arun Gregoriou, Kyriakos Waring, Justin |
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| description | Background: User involvement and recovery are now widely used terms within the mental health policy, research and practice discourse. However, there is a question mark about the impact these ideas have in everyday practice. Of interest is the degree of involvement in key transitions of care. In particular admission to and discharge from acute inpatient mental health wards.
Objective: To explore the nature of service user involvement in the admission and discharge process into and out of acute inpatient mental health care.
Design: A qualitative study using focus groups.
Setting and Participants: One acute, inpatient mental health ward was the focus of the study. Seven uni-professional focus group interviews were conducted with ward staff, community staff and service users (total number of participants = 52). Conventional, thematic qualitative techniques were used to analyse the data.
Results: The data analysed and presented in this article relates to the loss of the service user voice at the key transition points into and out of acute inpatient care. Due to the lack of resources (inpatient beds and community care follow up) the role service users could play was diminished. In their narratives clinical staff associated the person with the process and used language which dehumanised the individual.
Conclusion: Service users experience numerous care transitions into and out of hospital. As there is the potential for these encounters to have a lasting negative effect, the importance of ensuring service users have a voice in what is happening to them is crucial. |
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| spelling | nottingham-285122020-05-04T17:04:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28512/ From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement Wright, Nicola Rowley, Emma Chopra, Arun Gregoriou, Kyriakos Waring, Justin Background: User involvement and recovery are now widely used terms within the mental health policy, research and practice discourse. However, there is a question mark about the impact these ideas have in everyday practice. Of interest is the degree of involvement in key transitions of care. In particular admission to and discharge from acute inpatient mental health wards. Objective: To explore the nature of service user involvement in the admission and discharge process into and out of acute inpatient mental health care. Design: A qualitative study using focus groups. Setting and Participants: One acute, inpatient mental health ward was the focus of the study. Seven uni-professional focus group interviews were conducted with ward staff, community staff and service users (total number of participants = 52). Conventional, thematic qualitative techniques were used to analyse the data. Results: The data analysed and presented in this article relates to the loss of the service user voice at the key transition points into and out of acute inpatient care. Due to the lack of resources (inpatient beds and community care follow up) the role service users could play was diminished. In their narratives clinical staff associated the person with the process and used language which dehumanised the individual. Conclusion: Service users experience numerous care transitions into and out of hospital. As there is the potential for these encounters to have a lasting negative effect, the importance of ensuring service users have a voice in what is happening to them is crucial. Wiley 2015-03-26 Article PeerReviewed Wright, Nicola, Rowley, Emma, Chopra, Arun, Gregoriou, Kyriakos and Waring, Justin (2015) From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement. Health Expectations . pp. 1-10. ISSN 1369-7625 Care transitions Mental Health Service User Involvement http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.12361/full doi:10.1111/hex.12361 doi:10.1111/hex.12361 |
| spellingShingle | Care transitions Mental Health Service User Involvement Wright, Nicola Rowley, Emma Chopra, Arun Gregoriou, Kyriakos Waring, Justin From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| title | From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| title_full | From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| title_fullStr | From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| title_full_unstemmed | From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| title_short | From admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| title_sort | from admission to discharge in mental health services: a qualitative analysis of service user involvement |
| topic | Care transitions Mental Health Service User Involvement |
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