The CAMHS DBT assessment and decision making process - v 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Young people’s experiences of being assessed and recommended for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinicians
IRAS ID
240701
Contact name
Alexandra Crawford
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Staffordshire University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 20 days
Research summary
The study aims to explore how young people experience the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) initial assessment process, and how they subsequently experience being recommended for DBT. The study is also interested in understanding how young people experience clinicians from CAMHS making decisions about their mental health and treatment.
There is growing support for DBT in the treatment of emotionally dysregulated young people. This may imply that professionals feel supported by this growing evidence base in recommending young people for DBT. However, a review of the literature highlights that there is limited insight or exploration into children and young people’s experiences of this potentially life changing process of assessment and recommendation for treatment.
This study would therefore be able to offer this new qualitative information to the field of child and adolescent mental health. The findings from this study will be valuable to professionals and service providers working with young people, as it will contribute young people’s experiences with the intention to support the shaping of services and professional’s decision making processes, along with supporting the growing evidence for the use of DBT. The findings will also be valuable to young people being assessed at CAMHS, as it could contribute to pathway development for CAMHS DBT groups across the country and offer a somewhat unique opportunity for young people to have their voices and experiences heard in decision making processes about their care.
6-8 young people will be recruited in line with the research methods (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis), who are actively involved in a CAMHS DBT group. Participants will take part in a semi-structured audio recorded interview that will be conducted at a CAMHS site in the Midlands area of England. Once enough participants have been recruited the study will stop and the data will be analysed.
REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
18/ES/0024
Date of REC Opinion
21 Feb 2018
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion