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Grounding clinical guidelines in service users’ experiences of endings

Kimberley Webb (DClinPsych- School of Psychology, University of Lincoln – Brayford Campus, Lincoln, UK)
Thomas Schröder (Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)
David Mark Gresswell (Trent Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK)

Mental Health Review Journal

ISSN: 1361-9322

Article publication date: 8 October 2021

Issue publication date: 1 February 2022

210

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore service users’ experiences of the process of ending from national health service (NHS) community personality disorder services.

Design/methodology/approach

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants recruited from four NHS community personality disorder services.

Findings

Three main themes emerged; “Service users” experiences in the context of “Reflective versus Reactive practice”, “Endings held in mind” and “What next”?

Originality/value

Further recommendations are provided for practitioners supporting individuals managing endings alongside a “readiness to end” model which may be used in clinical practice.

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Acknowledgements

This paper was written as partial fulfilment of a thesis submitted for DClinPsych at the University of Lincoln in 2009 by the first author.

Citation

Webb, K., Schröder, T. and Gresswell, D.M. (2022), "Grounding clinical guidelines in service users’ experiences of endings", Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 48-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-09-2020-0067

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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