Abstract
Family involvement in mental health treatment has been shown to improve outcomes for service users. This project used a whole system-focused action research framework and involved service users, family members and healthcare professionals to develop ways to improve family engagement in an adult inpatient mental health service. Focus groups were conducted with two service users, two family members and four healthcare professionals to discuss their experiences of family involvement and develop initial ideas. A problem-solving group, involving service users, family members and professionals, was used to develop the solutions. The project identified context-specific solutions to improve family engagement, which included specific training for professionals working on the inpatient wards, questionnaires to facilitate conversations with families, and sharing information about mental health and the inpatient mental health service with families. These may be helpful for other adult inpatient services.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Family Therapy |
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| Publication status | Published - 23 Jul 2022 |
Bibliographical note
No funders acknowledged on accepted manuscript.Keywords
- caregivers
- family
- friends
- inpatients
- stakeholder participation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Muddle, S., Kustner, C., Cook, R. & Wilkinson-Tough, M. (2022) Improving family engagement in an adult inpatient mental health service using an action research framework. Journal of Family Therapy, 00, 1– 19, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12410. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.