Caregivers’ Experiences of Psychological Interventions

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    A qualitative study investigating caregivers’ experiences of psychological interventions within child and adolescent mental health services, for caregivers of a child with a mild to severe learning disability.

  • IRAS ID

    181268

  • Contact name

    James Southwood

  • Contact email

    js1e12@soton.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    University of Southampton

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 6 months, 1 days

  • Research summary

    The research question is: What are the parents’ experiences of psychological interventions within child and adolescent mental health services for parents of a child with a significant to severe learning disability? The aim therefore is to investigate what parents feel the services strengths and areas of improvement are so that CAMHS and CAMHS-LD teams can expand their provision to better engage parents of a child with a learning disability within psychological work. Ultimately this would hope to benefit the child while also acting as one way by which services could meet increased demands upon CAMHS teams in a resource-limited political climate for the NHS.

  • REC name

    North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    15/NW/0606

  • Date of REC Opinion

    14 Jul 2015

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion