A qualitative investigation into the lived experience of psychosocial assessment following self-harm
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: A Qualitative Investigation into the Lived Experience of Psychosocial Assessment following Self-harmThis thesis investigated the experience of taking part in a psychosocial assessment following an episode of self-harm from the service user perspective.Psychosocial assessments are a key aspect of self-harm management in secondary care, designed to identify needs and risk and determine further care.This study utilised interpretative phenomenological analysis to privilege the voices of service users and produce in-depth, contextualised understandings of the experience of assessment and its impact on future help-seeking and engagement with services.Data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews with thirteen participants soon after their hospital attendance; follow-up semi-structured interviews were also completed with seven participants three months later, to explore patient-derived outcomes from assessment and hospital attendance.
Author: Cheryl Hunter
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W855314059