Consumer and carer perspectives in the development of a mental health research, treatment, and teaching facility: A thematic analysis

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Title: Consumer and carer perspectives in the development of a mental health research, treatment, and teaching facility: A thematic analysis
Author/Creator: Katsikitis, M | Lane, Ben R | Ozols, I | Statham, D J
Description: Introduction: Recovery-oriented mental health policies recognise consumer and carer participation in service decision-making as essential, but little is known about the views of these individuals in the earliest stages of service development. Aim: This study sought consumer and carer perspectives addressing the establishment of a mental health research, treatment, and teaching facility in their region. Methods: Two 2 hr focus groups were conducted, with separate groups held for mental health consumers (n = 9) and carers (n = 9) respectively. Discussions pertained to mental health literacy, gaps in current services, desires for an ideal facility (in terms of physical design and services offered), and what would help in recovery. Results: Inductive thematic analysis was used to generate three themes: care outside of consultations, carer involvement in recovery, and holistic approaches to mental healthcare. Consumers desired a facility that could cater to individual needs. Carers felt excluded in recovery and unable to provide effective support. Both groups preferred holistic approaches to mental health, expressing ambivalence towards medication and hospitalisation. Discussion: Consumers and carers have many needs that conventional practices may not meet. Implications for practice: They have clear desires for equal partnership in recovery and for transformation of conventional treatment methods.
Relation: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing / Vol. 24, No. 7, pp.534-544
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12394
Year: 2017
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Subject: FoR 11 (Medical and Health Sciences) | FoR 17 (Psychology and Cognitive Sciences) | carers | consumers | consumer and carer participation | mental health | recovery | thematic analysis

Collection(s): Research Publications
Resource Type: Journal Article
Identifier: ISSN: 1351-0126
Rights: Copyright © 2017 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Katsikitis, M; Lane, Ben R; Ozols, I; Statham, D J (2017). Consumer and carer perspectives in the development of a mental health research, treatment, and teaching facility: A thematic analysis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 24:7. 534-544 , which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12394
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