Shared decision making from the service users’ perspective. A narrative study from community mental health centers in Northern Norway.

Post-print. Full text source available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2016.1222981 This article aims to contribute to the understanding of shared decision making as an important aspect of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of service users. A thematic analysis of in...

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Published in:Social Work in Mental Health
Main Authors: Klausen, Rita Kristin, Blix, Bodil Hansen, Karlsson, Marie, Haugsgjerd, Svein, Lorem, Geir F
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10777
https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2016.1222981
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Summary:Post-print. Full text source available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2016.1222981 This article aims to contribute to the understanding of shared decision making as an important aspect of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of service users. A thematic analysis of interviews with 25 individual service users in three different community mental health centers in Norway identified different understandings of shared decision making. Shared decision making was identified as essential in four contexts: 1) during admission, 2) in individualized treatment, 3) in different treatment contexts, and 4) in user-professional relationships. We consider shared decision making to be intertwined with treatment from the service user perspective.