Feeling sexual inside and out

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Feeling sexual inside and out: Vitality, bodies and boundaries in forensic mental health

• IRAS ID

  234324

• Contact name

  Paula Reavey

• Sponsor organisation

  London South Bank University

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Qualitative pilot research will be undertaken concurrently with service-users at inpatient (St Andrew’s Healthcare) and community (Cyrenias supported accommodation) forensic mental health care settings to explore how forensic service-users make meaning of their sexuality, and how services shape service-users’ emotional and sexual relationships, with subsequent impacts on feelings of vitality and recovery. Identification of clinical and ward practice that prevents or degrades service-users’ experiences of sexuality and intimacy, as well as examples of good practice, are needed to serve as the basis for revised policy. The project will use ‘multimodal’ interviews that draw upon metaphor, imagery and embodied sensation to explore the subtlety and depth of the lived experience. Specifically, this study will employ visual methods such as drawing and modeling as part of a guided semi-structured interview

• REC name

  South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/SW/0236

• Date of REC Opinion

  23 Nov 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion