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Table 3 Guiding questions for face-to-face interviews with clinicians during the trial of NiRA

From: Introducing the Needs in Recovery Assessment (NiRA) into clinical practice: protocol for a pilot study investigating the formal and systematic assessment of clinical and social needs experienced by service users at a tertiary, metropolitan mental health service

 

Clinicians

 

Service users

1

Can you describe your past and current experiences of assessing service users’ needs?

1

What were your experiences of entering the mental health service?

2

What challenges did you experience when using the NiRA?

2

What has your experience of being admitted into this mental health service been like?

3

How do you think the service users felt about being asked about their needs in this way?

3

What, if any, discussions have you had about any needs that you are experiencing with mental health clinicians?

4

What enabled the NiRA to be introduced into this unit?

4

What has helped your experience of recovering from a mental illness?

5

What challenges do you think the unit had when the NiRA was introduced?

5

What has prevented you from receiving the assistance that you have felt you needed to recovery?

6

What barriers do you believe may impede the introduction of the NiRA into other mental health services?

6

What is the impact of having conversations about your specific needs?