The project aims to study
1) Health professionals' perspectives on accesible and effective mental health care
2) Ex-patients' experiences with accesible and effective mental health care
3) The public mental health debate
in six European countries (Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus).
The project also aims to implement the results of these empirical studies into the local context.
1) Health professionals' perspectives on accesible and effective mental health care
2) Ex-patients' experiences with accesible and effective mental health care
3) The public mental health debate
in six European countries (Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus).
The project also aims to implement the results of these empirical studies into the local context.
Focus group study with professionals
Our aim is to study professionals’ accounts related to the skill level that is required for a general practitioner, psychologist and psychiatrist working in primary and specialized care to obtain good accessibility, referral, collaboration and treatment in their daily practice.
We will organize six focus groups (1 per country) with professionals working in primary and specialized health care. Framework analysis will be used to analyze the data.
Our aim is to study professionals’ accounts related to the skill level that is required for a general practitioner, psychologist and psychiatrist working in primary and specialized care to obtain good accessibility, referral, collaboration and treatment in their daily practice.
We will organize six focus groups (1 per country) with professionals working in primary and specialized health care. Framework analysis will be used to analyze the data.
Focus group study with ex-patients
Our is aim to study ex-patients' accounts of barriers and facilitators, helpful and unhelpful processes, and vulnerabilities and strengths in gaining access to effective mental health care. We want to investigate how these accounts are similar or differ between clients with positive, mixed or negative experiences.
We will organize six focus groups (1 per country) with ex-patients in mental health care. Framework analysis will be used to analyze the data.
Our is aim to study ex-patients' accounts of barriers and facilitators, helpful and unhelpful processes, and vulnerabilities and strengths in gaining access to effective mental health care. We want to investigate how these accounts are similar or differ between clients with positive, mixed or negative experiences.
We will organize six focus groups (1 per country) with ex-patients in mental health care. Framework analysis will be used to analyze the data.
Study of the public mental health debate
Our aim is to study what the general public thinks, believes, and knows about mental health related stigma and discrimination; and about what works for mental health problems. We want to investigate how this knowledge facilitates or hinders help-seeking for mental health problems.
We will setup a corpora database with "real world" text from policy documents, websites, newspapers, movies, documentaries … related to mental health (care). A rhetoric analysis will be used to analyze the material.
Our aim is to study what the general public thinks, believes, and knows about mental health related stigma and discrimination; and about what works for mental health problems. We want to investigate how this knowledge facilitates or hinders help-seeking for mental health problems.
We will setup a corpora database with "real world" text from policy documents, websites, newspapers, movies, documentaries … related to mental health (care). A rhetoric analysis will be used to analyze the material.
