How Do the Young Suicide Survivors Wish to Be Met by Psychologists? A User Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Dyregrov
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Suicide Survivors ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Close Family Member ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
User Knowledge ◽  
Suicide Bereaved ◽  
Close Family

Little user-knowledge has been documented on the experiences of young suicide bereaved with psychosocial assistance and therapy. Thirty-two adolescents who had lost a close family member or friend by suicide participated in a research project by filling in questionnaires and participating in focus group interviews. The article explores the young people's experiences with and wishes for help from psychologists, and shows that the young bereaved do not receive the psychological assistance they wish for and need. The shortcomings are discussed in relation to the organization, form, and contents of the help. In order to reach youth with adequate assistance in an extreme life situation, it is worth listening to their opinions about how they want to be approached in the wake of a suicide.

The Important Role of the School following Suicide in Norway. What Support Do Young People Wish That School Could Provide?

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Dyregrov
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Suicide Survivors ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Close Family Member ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
New Material ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Close Family

Little knowledge has been documented on the experiences of young suicide survivors, how they are coping with schooling and what kind of support they think they need. Thirty-two adolescents who had lost a close family member or friend by suicide participated in a research project by filling in questionnaires and participating in focus group interviews. The article explores the young people's experiences with and wishes for help from the school, including teachers and school nurses. The results show that the young people struggle with concentration and learning new material. Although many are satisfied with care and support while at school, the young bereaved do not receive all the assistance they wish for and need. In order to adequately support young suicide survivors to continue schooling, it is worth listening to their opinions about how they may be approached.

scholarly journals Does coercion matter? Supporting young next-of-kin in mental health care

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1270-1281
Author(s):  
Elin Håkonsen Martinsen ◽  
Bente Weimand ◽  
Reidun Norvoll
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Individual Interview ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Next Of Kin ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Close Family Member ◽  
Coercive Treatment ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Close Family

Background Coercion can cause harm to both the patient and the patient’s family. Few studies have examined how the coercive treatment of a close relative might affect young next-of-kin. Research questions We aimed to investigate the views and experiences of health professionals being responsible for supporting young next-of-kin to patients in mental health care (children-responsible staff) in relation to the needs of these young next-of-kin in coercive situations and to identify ethical challenges. Research design We conducted a qualitative study based on semistructured, focus group interviews and an individual interview. Participants and research context We held three focus group interviews with six to seven children-responsible staff in each group (a total of 20 participants) and one individual interview with a family therapist. The participants were recruited from three hospital trusts in the eastern part of Norway. Ethical considerations The study was approved by the National Data Protection Official for Research and based on informed consent and confidentiality. Findings Coercion was not a theme among the participants in relation to their work with young next-of-kin, and there was much uncertainty related to whether these young people need special support to deal with the coercive treatment of their close relative. Despite the uncertainty, the study indicated a need for more information and emotional support among the youth. Discussion Few studies have addressed the potential impact of coercive treatment of a close family member on young next-of-kin. The findings were consistent with existing research but highlighted disagreement and uncertainty among the children-responsible staff about to what extent the young next-of-kin should visit and whether they should enter the ward unit or not. We identified ethical challenges for the children-responsible staff related to the principle of not inflicting harm ( nonmaleficence). Conclusion From the perspective of children-responsible staff, it appears that the coercive treatment of a close family member entails a need for extra support of young relatives both in relation to information and the facilitation of visits, but more systematic knowledge about these issues is needed.

Understanding Family Member Suicide Narratives by Investigating Family History

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Ratnarajah ◽  
Myfanwy Maple ◽  
Victor Minichiello
Keyword(s):  
Family Member ◽  
Suicide Death ◽  
Close Family Member ◽  
Family Culture ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Family ◽  
Bereaved Family ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Suicide Bereaved ◽  
Close Family

The complex family environments in which a suicide death had previously occurred were explored in a qualitative study of narratives of suicide-bereaved participants. The participants searched for reasons why the suicide occurred in their family. Family patterning stories and the context of the environment in which the suicide death occurred provided an additional depth of meaning into the relational aspects of the family. Fractured families emerged as an important theme. Shared in the narratives were stories of conditions within the family that may have contributed to vulnerability towards persistent negative feelings about their lives, their family, and their future. The study also identifies the strengths of family culture that led to resilience in the suicide bereaved. These stories highlight the importance of support for those bereaved by the suicide of a close family member and the issues that places people in vulnerable situations that perhaps may explain the increased risk of suicide for those bereaved family members.

Nurses’ dilemmas concerning support of relatives in mental health care

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bente M Weimand ◽  
Christina Sällström ◽  
Marie-Louise Hall-Lord ◽  
Birgitta Hedelin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Relational Concerns ◽  
Group Interviews

Relatives of persons with severe mental illness face a straining life situation and need support. Exclusion of relatives in mental health care has long been reported. The aim of this study was to describe conceptions of nurses in mental health care about supporting relatives of persons with severe mental illness. Focus group interviews with nurses from all levels of mental health care in Norway were performed. A phenomenographic approach was used. The nurses found that their responsibility first and foremost was the patient, especially to develop an alliance with him or her. Additional premises for supporting relatives were the context framing the nursing care, aspects of the actors, and relational concerns between them. Competing or contradictory demands were found within these premises. Two paths were identified concerning the nurses’ support of relatives: seeing the relative in the shadow of the patient or as an individual person.

scholarly journals User Requirements of Furniture Influenced by a Move to a Senior Housing

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar Jonsson ◽  
Lena Sperling ◽  
Britt Östlund ◽  
Elisabeth Dalholm Hornyánszky
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Furniture Design ◽  
End User ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Senior Housing ◽  
Product Experience ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
User Knowledge

User-centred design approaches within the field of furniture design for old people involves an act of embracing and balancing various end-user needs and assessing their relative importance for the product experience. It is often assumed that older people’s physiological needs dominate their other needs. In the present study, three focus group interviews were carried out with the exploratory purpose of gaining an understanding of how people feel and think about changes when moving to and living in an apartment in senior housing, outside the housing market, and what impact this has on their opinions of furniture and other interior products. Twelve people aged 59–93 took part. The outcomes of the focus group interviews point to demands on products that support the physical, psychological and social changes that relocation and aging may bring, and correspond to an independent and self-determinant identity. User requirements related to usability and affective product experience for the design of totally new or improved products are proposed. The paper discusses the complexity in the research assignment to communicate and bring end-user knowledge and experiences to life, and suggests that designers will benefit from carrying out or being involved in user-centred research.

Management Strategy for Distributing Questionnaires and Interview Guidelines in the Research Data Collection Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Po. Abas Sunarya ◽  
George Iwan Marantika ◽  
Adam Faturahman
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Good Management ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Group Interviews

Writing can mean lowering or describing graphic symbols that describe a languageunderstood by someone. For a researcher, management of research preparation is a veryimportant step because this step greatly determines the success or failure of all researchactivities. Before a person starts with research activities, he must make a written plan commonlyreferred to as the management of research data collection. In the process of collecting researchdata, of course we can do the management of questionnaires as well as the preparation ofinterview guidelines to disseminate and obtain accurate information. With the arrangement ofplanning and conducting interviews: the ethics of conducting interviews, the advantages anddisadvantages of interviews, the formulation of interview questions, the schedule of interviews,group and focus group interviews, interviews using recording devices, and interview bias.making a questionnaire must be designed with very good management by giving to theinformation needed, in accordance with the problem and all that does not cause problems at thestage of analysis and interpretation.

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