Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Oct 2014
What service users with psychotic disorders want in a mental health crisis or relapse: thematic analysis of joint crisis plans.
Recent legislation and guidance in England emphasises the importance of service user choice in care planning. However, it is not obvious how best to facilitate choices in care planning, and some clinicians are concerned that service users may make 'unwise' decisions. This study aimed to examine mental health service users' preferences and priorities in the event of a future mental health crisis or relapse. ⋯ Joint crisis planning resulted in service users making choices that were clinically reasonable. The technique employed by JCPs appeared to empower service users by engaging them in a productive dialogue with their clinicians.
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Oct 2014
Editorial Historical ArticleThe expanding scope of psychiatric epidemiology in the 21st century.