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Baker, Stephanie (2017) Staff and service user experiences of forensic mental health services. DClinPsych thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis consists of three chapters. Chapter one is a systematic review of the qualitative literature examining the experiences of clinicians working in mental health services with forensic service users (FSU). Following systematic searches and a process of quality assessment, a total of 14 articles were included and their findings were systematically compared. Staff members experienced both positive and negative emotional responses to their work, there are conflicting aspects to their role and additional challenges within the organisational context. Implications for clinical practice and further research are discussed.
Chapter two uses Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to consider the experiences of FSUs diagnosed with Personality Disorder (PD) in Forensic Services and the meaning given to recovery within their accounts. The findings discuss the disempowered position of FSU participants and suggest that feeling safe within relationships in their environment is important for those with this diagnosis. There was evidence in their accounts of attempts to establish new identities but there also appeared to be multiple barriers to this.
Chapter three offers a reflective account of the researcher’s experience of carrying out this study. It demonstrates the reflexive strategies used that allowed the competing subjective roles alongside that of ‘researcher’, to be examined and their influence on the research process explored.
Item Type: | Thesis (DClinPsych) | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Forensic psychiatric nursing, Mental health services -- Evaluation, Mental health personnel and patient, Mental health personnel -- Job stress, Mentally ill -- Care, Personality disorders | ||||
Official Date: | January 2017 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Psychology | ||||
Thesis Type: | DClinPsych | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Biggerstaff, Deborah ; Liebling, Helen ; Fountain, Ruth | ||||
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Extent: | vi, 171 leaves : illustrations | ||||
Language: | eng |
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