The environment psychiatric patients create for themselves: the varying perceptions of professional staff

Gralton, Ernest; Pearson, Stephen; Sutherland, Alastair; Donovan, Martin; Lewis, Geraint

doi:10.1192/pb.25.4.134

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“…It is recommended that there be careful selection of key personnel, team meetings to develop unit concepts prior to opening, and use of patient feedback and criticism as a guide (Malone and Holden, 1987). Gralton et al (2001) undertook a pilot study to determine whether the perception of staff played an important role in the assessment of the ward environment. They generally found a lack of consistency in the way staff evaluated a range of factors as positive or negative.…”

Section: Design and The Commissioning Processmentioning

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Psychogeriatric inpatient unit design: a literature review

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Llewellyn-Jones

2010

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Section: Design and The Commissioning Processmentioning

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Psychogeriatric inpatient unit design: a literature review

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Llewellyn-Jones

2010

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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“…However, more recently, studies have indicated that specific consumer attributes, such as age, gender, and level of program participation have been found to directly influence a treatment program's climate or milieu (Gralton et al 2001;Moos 1997). Clubhouses characterized by a greater proportion of late to middle-aged members and a greater percentage of individuals living with psychoses are associated with environments that emphasize less member involvement and facilitate less personal growth (Moos 1996;Mowbray et al 2006).…”

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“…Studies evaluating the program environment have typically utilized administrative and staff perspectives (Moos 1997;Pernice-Duca et al in press), which tend to reflect ideal characteristics of the program instead of actual lived experiences of the consumers who utilize the services (Gralton et al 2001). Thus, attempts to describe services or practices, and evaluate the environments of mental health programs have been touted as venturing into the ''difficult and dangerous'' due to a lack of theory-driven approaches and overreliance on nonconsumers to describe services (Bickman 2000).…”

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Staff and Member Perceptions of the Clubhouse Environment

Pernice-Duca

2009

Adm Policy Ment Health

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Several studies have been conducted about Clubhouse operations and the users of Clubhouses (i.e., members); however none have sought to weigh the importance of both staff and member perceptions of the Clubhouse environment. A measure assessing the program climate as well as service components was administered to both members and staff across a representative sample of Clubhouses. In addition, level of program fidelity was included to examine differences between high and low fidelity clubhouses and ratings of the program environment. Two overarching questions were explored in this study: (1) to what extent do staff and members share common perceptions of the Clubhouse environment, and (2) is fidelity to the Clubhouse model relevant to rating of the program environment? Members and staff were concordant on 68% of the environmental assessments. Across all program environment domains, staff ratings of the clubhouse environment were higher than those of clubhouse members. Staff endorsed items reflecting the philosophy of the psychosocial program whereas consumers perceived the environment in terms of the actual services or lived experiences. Members of relatively high fidelity Clubhouses rated the program environment higher on five dimensions.

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Professional staff and carers' views of an integrated mental health service for adults with learning disabilities

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Aims and MethodA study was undertaken to investigate the views of professional staff and paid and informal carers' views of a new integrated mental health service for people with learning disabilities.ResultsTwenty semi-structured interviews were conducted and transcribed. Most staff and carers were generally satisfied with the in-patient facility. However, information exchange, ward rounds and the ward environment were identified as areas requiring improvement.Clinical ImplicationsMany of the participants had no previous experience of supporting a person with learning disabilities and mental health problems in an in-patient setting. However, over time they became supportive of the mental health service and provided valuable input in improving the service provision for people with learning disabilities.

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The environment psychiatric patients create for themselves: the varying perceptions of professional staff

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Psychogeriatric inpatient unit design: a literature review

Psychogeriatric inpatient unit design: a literature review

Staff and Member Perceptions of the Clubhouse Environment

Professional staff and carers' views of an integrated mental health service for adults with learning disabilities

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