Background Improving the patient experience is one of the quadruple aims of healthcare.
Therefore, understanding patient experiences and perceptions of healthcare interactions is …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Empathy is one of the main attributes for
establishing the nurse–patient therapeutic relationship. Davis (1983) identified four …

Aims and objectives To explore the therapeutic relationship through the reflective practice of
nurses in acute mental health units. Background In mental health units, the therapeutic …

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), especially inpatient units, have
arguably never been more in demand and yet more in need of reform. Progress in …

Social factors seem to play an important role in people's recovery processes, yet little
attention has been given to such aspects in relation to early psychosis. In this study, we …

The appropriate treatment of mentally unwell, aggressive patients has challenged psychiatry
for centuries. Seclusion is practiced worldwide, but concerns remain regarding its …

When young people seek support from mental health care practitioners, the encounters may
affect the young people's sense of self, and in particular undermine their sense of agency …

In psychiatry, clustered safety incidents are often attributed to behavioural contagion.
Drawing on Kindermann and Skinner's conceptual work in our analysis of staff accounts, we …

Background: In this qualitative exploration, we report on a thematic analysis of the key role
that engaging in meaningful activities may play in recovery processes for people with a …

There has been limited research on personal recovery during a hospital admission.
However, studies in this setting indicate that consumers' experiences of personal recovery …