NARRATIVES OF ASSERTIVE OUTREACH TEAM MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
NARRATIVES OF ASSERTIVE OUTREACH TEAM MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF COLLABORATIVE WORKING ON PATIENT RECOVERY
IRAS ID
142704
Contact name
MINIASE MARINGE
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Of Portsmouth
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 21 days
Research summary
The proposed research aims to explore mental health patients’ stories of their experience of recovery within the context of collaborative working arrangements. Collaborative working has become a strategy of choice within the mental health sector involving a range of care givers, working with the same patients over periods of time. While there is substantial quantitative research evidence about the benefits of collaborative working on a variety of measures of patient recovery and well being (The Recovery Star (www.mhpf.org.uk/recoveryStarApproach.asp), The Outcomes Star- (www.homelessoutcomes.org.uk), the Inclusion Web \n(www.ndt.org.uk,DREEM- Developing Recovery Enhancing Environments Measures and WRAP-Wellness Recovery Action Planning), there is relatively little qualitative evidence that tells us about the actual experience of patients being treated and cared for in collaborative working environments. Patient stories have a significant role in aiding our understanding of the recovery process (Frid, Ohlen, & Bergbom 2000, p. 702). The proposed research thus tries to fill this gap through examining how patients relate with the mechanisms and processes of collaborative working, how these mechanisms and processes promote or delay recovery, how they facilitate or reduce relapse and how they broadly contribute to ongoing patient well-being and sense of independence. \nThe research is based on the hypothesis that recovery involves the restoration of hope, self-determination and a way of adjusting to living with both the reality of the past and the continuing altered experiences of illness. By understanding patients through their own voice,this has the potential to facilitate the identification of their needs providing a sound basis for better engagement with them and more relevant ways of delivering on these needs. \n
REC name
South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SC/0080
Date of REC Opinion
10 Apr 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion