Abstract
Objective: Being admitted to a psychiatric ward can be a distressing and confusing experience. Our objective was to develop and pilot a Timeline Tool as a way of supporting service users in developing a narrative of their experiences in the run up to admission. Method: We designed and piloted a ‘Timeline of Crisis Tool’ with 50 service users, incorporating a card sort exercise, comprising eight factors relevant to people’s experiences in the run up to a crisis admission. We asked service users for feedback on the experience of completing the Timeline Tool. Results: Service user feedback indicated advantages of completing the Timeline Tool in terms of feeling listened to and respected, reflecting and making sense of experiences. Discussion: Collaborative completion of the Timeline Tool on admission could help foster good service user-staff relationships. Information arising from the completed tool could be used to increase shared decision-making in the development of care plans during inpatient admissions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 184-191 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Advances in Mental Health |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 7 Nov 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding
All authors contributed to the design of the study, analysis, and interpretation of the data, and read and approved the final manuscript. HK collected the data.
Keywords
- Inpatients
- crisis intervention
- mental health
- personal narratives
- pilot study
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Advances in Mental Health on 07/11/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/18387357.2019.1685897