Memory and attachment to place v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Memory and attachment to place: The experience of detention amongst forensic psychiatric patients
IRAS ID
205397
Contact name
Paula Reavey
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
School of Health and Social Care
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 30 days
Research summary
Memory and attachment to place: The experience of detention amongst forensic psychiatric patients
This qualitative research will be undertaken in a secure psychiatric facility in the UK with forensic psychiatric patient participants. The principal research question is to determine how patient memories and attachment to place are shaped by institutional practices of recording and accounting for the past.
Whilst clinical perspectives frequently form the basis of research examining practices within mental healthcare, this research seeks to expand knowledge of forensic psychiatric patients’ everyday experiences of detention within secure psychiatric settings. Specifically the study seeks to identify existing and potential institutional practices of facilitating and supporting patient memories that appear to be related to positive experiences of detention.
The research will be undertaken on a number of male and female forensic psychiatric wards within the facility over a period of approximately six months. During the study, each participating patient will be invited to undertake an independent diary activity over the course of a week which will focus on recording instances where the participant may have been prompted to think about people and places from the past. Participants will also be asked to use the diary to record their feelings about these memories at the time of remembering. After this activity has been completed, each participant will be invited to reflect on their diary entries and answer questions in a semi-structured interview. All data collected will be transcribed and subjected to a rigorous form of qualitative analysis.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0547
Date of REC Opinion
7 Oct 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion