Male experiences of an acute mental health stay
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Restrictive interventions in acute mental health services and their impact on accessing timely healthcare services in BME adult males: A case study of the experiences of Nottinghamshire service users
IRAS ID
246705
Contact name
Shirley Mitchell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
Mental health is currently on the NHS’ national agenda and the mental health of particularly BME men has been given a lot of attention in the media. Firstly, we would like to find out how male service users of Acute Mental Health services at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, who have been restricted by either being physically or chemically restrained or secluded during their stay, felt about those experiences and their overall care within our hospitals. We would also like to determine if our services are delivered fairly to all our male service users. From this, we can then identify the gaps and areas for improvement to enable uptake in accessing mental health services in a timely manner, especially by young black men.
We will be interviewing and reviewing the health records of 20 male service users aged 18 and above who were in our hospitals between March 2016 and March 2018 and were restricted during their stay. The interview part of the study is expected to last for an hour and will take place either at home or in one of our hospitals depending on the participant’s preference. The study will last for 6 months.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be funding this in-house project.REC name
East Midlands - Leicester South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/EM/0192
Date of REC Opinion
8 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion