“It's still our child”. A qualitative interview study with parent carers in forensic mental health

Ellen Boldrup Tingleff; Sara Rowaert; Stinne Vinding; Tina Kirstine Vestphal; Rhonda Wilson; Frederik Alkier Gildberg

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2022.07.017

“It's still our child”. A qualitative interview study with parent carers in forensic mental health

Ellen Boldrup Tingleff^*, Sara Rowaert, Stinne Vinding, Tina Kirstine Vestphal, Rhonda Wilson, Frederik Alkier Gildberg

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The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of parents in forensic mental health services with regard to their cooperation with healthcare professionals and their role as parent carers. 15 participants were interviewed using qualitative, in-depth interviews and transcripts were analysed thematically. The identified themes were ‘Medical dominance’, ‘Interactions with healthcare professionals’, and ‘Advocating for their daughter/son’. The themes were associated with the overall theme ‘perceived impact on the parents' everyday lives’. The results suggest that parent carers perceive a malalignment between the institutional medicalised treatment focus and the need for an integrated holistic approach, which would include them as partners.

Original language	English
Journal	Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume	41
Pages (from-to)	124-131
ISSN	0883-9417
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2022.07.017
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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Family
Forensic mental health services
Qualitative studies
Semi-structured interview
Service user

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