Safely cared for or empowered in mental health care? Yes, please

Marit B Rise, Heidi Westerlund, Dagfinn Bjørgen and Aslak Steinsbekk

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2014, vol. 60, issue 2, 134-138

Abstract: Background: High-quality health services include both safe care as well as involving service users in treatment and decision-making. Material: The aim was to explore how mental health service users perceive the relationship between safe care on the one hand and increased influence and decision-making on the other. This was a qualitative study of 15 User Interviewing User evaluation reports, including 417 service users. Discussion: Safe and predictable care was essential in poor illness phases, while increased influence and independence were more important in better phases. Conclusions: High-quality services are flexible enough to adjust to users’ varying symptoms and needs.

Keywords: User participation; patient participation; mental health; health services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764012471278

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