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The study also sought to evaluate the efficacy of the current system both in terms of averting and managing mental health crises and to identify changes and improvements to mental health services that young people would like to see in the future.
Overview of methodology:
All respondents were screened to ensure they met the relevant criteria based on age and whether they were currently experiencing or had experienced a range of mental health conditions, including self-harm, disordered eating, suicidal thoughts, intent or attempts, depression, and anxiety.
A discussion guide created by DJS Research was used to direct the conversations and featured a variety of questions, prompts, and interactive exercises to gather the opinions of the young people involved. All groups were moderated by DJS Research and observed by colleagues from Healthwatch.
Through this research, Healthwatch were able to identify the triggers for mental health crisis, the interventions which worked and/or didn’t work, and the choices and options young people thought would allow for a more personalised and tailor-made approach to their mental health care.
One of the outputs of this project is a short-video of the research findings, produced by our in-house creative services team.
