Self-harm and resilience factors in adult mental health patients V.1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Self-harm and resilience factors in young adult mental health patients
IRAS ID
300717
Contact name
Sarah Lonbay
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, "Self-harm and resilience factors in young adult mental health patients V.1.0"
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Summary of Research
Topic: Self-harm and resilience factors in young adult mental health patients.
Aim: This research will seek to understand young adult mental health patients’ most reported resilience factors to self-harm and their perspectives on how these can prevent or reduce self-harm and promote mental well-being.
Rationale: Self-harm is a growing health concern and the most important single risk factor to suicide. There is limited patient-centred research on self-harm and young adult mental health patients’ reported most effective protective factor.
Research questions:
• What are young adult mental health patients’ commonly reported resilience factors to self-harm?
• How does the reported resilience factors work to prevent or reduce self-harm and promote mental well-being?
• What do the young adult mental health patients consider as the most effective protective factor in self-harm?Research Method:
This qualitative study will use semi-structured one to one interviews to gather in-depth insights on participants’ attitudes, thoughts, and views on their resilience and self-harm phenomena. Young adults (18-64yrs)(n= approx.15) with a history of self-harm who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be recruited.
This would be after the electronic search of potential participants’ care records by their RC or care team (gatekeeper). The participants would be recruited from the NHS community mental health teams and non-NHS third/ voluntary sector organisations that work with group of patients with self-harm behaviours. This would be with their informed written consents, required ethical approvals and ethical considerations consistent with good practice.
The participants would be interviewed one to one on their chosen platform (face to face, virtual or by telephone) on agreed date, time and place. Participants would have received the interview guide, distress protocol and debrief document before the interview date to help prepare them for the interview and give them the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the questions and reflect on their responses and gain a sense of control of the interview questions. This will enhance confidence during interview and reduce anxiety.
They would be asked questions about their support and coping strategies which would be recorded and transcribed verbatim with a focus on gathering data that would lead to a textural description and a structural description of the experiences, and ultimately provide an understanding of the common experiences of the participants. The interview texts relating to the research questions will be coded by selective reduction to find patterns and trends, to make interpretations and to draw conclusions in response to the research questions.REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
23/WS/0005
Date of REC Opinion
17 Mar 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion