Perceptions of Mindfulness in a Forensic Mental Health Setting V.1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A Qualitative Study of Female Service User's Perceptions of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy-Based Mindfulness Within a Forensic Mental Health Setting.
IRAS ID
276124
Contact name
Rebecca Parmar
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Elysium Healthcare
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 1 days
Research summary
In a Forensic Mental Health hospital the participants have been taught a type of mindfulness known as DBT-based mindfulness, this research intends to interview them to investigate their experiences of learning and using DBT-based mindfulness.
The research questions being addressed are:
How do female service users experience DBT-based mindfulness in a forensic mental health setting?
What was female service users’ understanding of DBT-based mindfulness before and how this changed during the process of participation in these sessions in a forensic mental health setting?
How do female service users evaluate DBT-based mindfulness in a forensic mental health setting, in terms of benefits and barriers to its application in everyday life?This is important in terms of furthering our knowledge of the effects of mindfulness with this particular population, to study the process of learning mindfulness skills and to determine whether the service users are gaining knowledge of mindfulness in a way that is beneficial to their mental health recovery and rehabilitation. The study will last a maximum of 12 weeks, the participants are service users detained under the Mental Health Act in a secure setting with a range of diagnoses and index offences. They will have taken part in groups that have DBT-based mindfulness at the core in the last year. The participants will be invited to a semi-structured interview on the hospital premises. They are familiar with the researcher and will be asked verbally if they are willing to participate. An information sheet will be given, written consent will be sought and they will be informed that they can withdraw at any time and can skip any questions they do not wish to answer. Their interviews will be recorded on an audio device and transcribed for analysis. The participants will be informed of the results via an educational leaflet.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EE/0076
Date of REC Opinion
14 Apr 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion