Experience of therapy for carers of people with mental health problems
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The experience of therapy from the perspective carers of people with mental health problems.
IRAS ID
242566
Contact name
Sarah Cuthbertson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Tesside University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
SSSBLRECSTUD782, Teesside University Ethics
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 24 days
Research summary
It is recognised that caring for another person can impact on the wellbeing of a carer and that a carer may need to access therapy to support their own mental health issues. There are limited studies that look at carers of people with mental health problems generally. As both physical health carers and dementia carers experience caring differently to mental health carers, further research is needed looking specifically at the experience of therapy for mental health carers.
Previous research has used a narrative approach to looking at the experience of therapy for dementia carers (Elvish et al, 2014), which aims to understand how people create stories from the experiences and the consequences of this. It assumes that experience is meaningful within a social context. However, exploring the experience of therapy for a carer of a person with a mental health problem will offer further insight into the experience. Interviewing 4-10 carers of people with mental health problems will allow for qualitative analysis using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and will enhance understanding of how therapy is experienced and will provide evidence for the potential need for further research into carer specific modifications of therapy.REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NE/0268
Date of REC Opinion
10 Dec 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion