How can crisis care be reimagined with a "love ethic" in mind v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
How could crisis care services be reimagined with a love ethic (hooks, 1999) in mind? A thematic analysis looking at service user and service provider perspectives.
IRAS ID
344006
Contact name
Madeleine Kelly
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Hertfordshire
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 1 days
Research summary
The present study will explore how crisis care could be reimagined if bell hook’s idea of a “love ethic” was the guiding principle. A love ethic centres human flourishing, and the interconnectedness of human wellbeing. A key tenant of present crisis care is detention under the Mental Health Act (MHA). Detention under the MHA refers to when an individual is involuntarily admitted to hospital, due to the perception their mental health places them at risk of harming either themselves or someone else. Whilst under section, an individual is prevented from leaving, and cannot refuse treatment. There are numerous critiques of compulsory detention and treatment of people in mental health crisis. Understandably, the research into service user experience focuses on their experiences of detention and compulsory treatment explicitly, however, this leaves the researcher to draw together recommendations. Therefore, it felt important to speak to people who have most experience of the system, those who exist within in it: NHS service users and staff. Currently, there is no research directly asking service users to imagine how crisis care could be different.
The proposed project will take an explorative qualitative approach, involving the use of two separate sets of focus groups of ten to twelve people, one for service users and one for service providers both recruited from London-based NHS services. Each set of focus groups would comprise of three one-and-a-half hour-long sessions, taking place within a six month window on Teams. During the sessions, discussions would focus on how people understand crisis care, what an individual would need when they are in crisis, and what kind of world would have to exist to enable them to receive that care. Interviews will be transcribed and thematic analysis will be used to draw themes from the town focus groups, which will be compared.REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
24/NI/0102
Date of REC Opinion
7 Oct 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion