dc.contributor.author | Mann, Kelly | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-12T07:28:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-12T07:28:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/14331 | |
dc.description.abstract | The main aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of looked
after adolescents' views of what help they needed for their mental health
difficulties and their experience of the mental health services that are currently
available to them. It was hoped that this investigation would provide ideas to
improve current service provision. Semi-structured interviews were used to
interview six females aged 13-17 years from a Looked After Children (LAC)
Team, which is part of a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed to analyse the
accounts generated in the interviews. The results indicated a number of mental
health as well as social difficulties for the participants. They described a variety
of emotional and behavioural difficulties, which included experiencing
depression, self-harming behaviour and eating difficulties. Relationships also
seemed to be an area of difficulty that featured for this sample of young people.
With regards to mental health services, the participants' talked about having a
positive experience, feeling supported, their relationship with their therapist and
their ambivalence about receiving services. Whilst positive experiences were
discussed the participants' were also able to reflect on negative aspects of the
service, and consequently ideas for service improvement were generated. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Hertfordshire | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.title | Looked after adolescents' experience of mental health services | en_US |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.18745/th.14331 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.18745/th.14331 | |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationname | DClinPsy | en_US |
herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |