The impact of attending a hearing to review acute inpatient detention
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A thematic analysis of the impact of attending a hearing to review detention of people who remain detained on an acute mental health inpatient ward
IRAS ID
259351
Contact name
Penny Foster
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Staffordshire University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
19/LO/0956, REC Reference
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 26 days
Research summary
This research will explore the experiences of adults who are currently detained on an acute inpatient unit under a Mental Health Act (MHA, 1983; 2007) section 2 or 3 and have attended a hearing to review their detention, in order to improve understanding of service users’ perspective of this.
People place a great deal of hope in detention review hearings as a means of restoring their liberty, and so if their hearing is unsuccessful, this experience may have an impact on the individual’s mental health, wellbeing, and recovery.
By exploring themes that are consistent across people’s experiences and the perceived impact of having attended a detention review and not subsequently being released, this research may help inform how to provide appropriate support for people detained in acute mental health wards who have experienced an unsuccessful review of their detention.
Between 8 and 14 adults will be recruited from acute inpatient wards across three NHS sites. They will be interviewed for up to one hour about their experience of attending a hearing to review their detention, and their perception of the impact of attending such a hearing. As participants will still be detained, we will consider their detention review hearing as unsuccessful. Interviews will be analysed using thematic analysis, a qualitative methodology used to identify themes and shared experiences.
REC name
East of England - Essex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/EE/0202
Date of REC Opinion
19 Jul 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion