Should psychological therapy take social context into account?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Should psychological therapy take social context into account? Views from users of an IAPT service.
IRAS ID
129543
Contact name
Amy Baddeley
Contact email
Research summary
Much research suggests that there is a link in between the social and material environment that a person lives in, and the extent to which they are likely to experience mental health issues. This research has often focussed on the views of psychologists and mental health professionals, and the views of people who are coming to psychological therapy with relation to this issue have been relatively unexplored.
This research aims to look at these issues in a group of people who have accessed therapy through the government’s ‘Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) programme. The IAPT programme is a relatively new approach that has received significant funding over the past few years. It is the largest provider of psychological therapies in England.
Between 8 and 10 people who have recently attended therapy at the IAPT service in Newham, London will be individually interviewed and asked questions about the above issues. The content of their interviews will be analysed using the qualitative method ‘Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis’, which looks at a person’s internal experience, and how this is interpreted by the researcher.
REC name
London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/LO/1025
Date of REC Opinion
30 Jul 2013
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion