Developing and testing Advance Choice Document implementation resources for Black African and Caribbean people with experience of compulsory psychiatric admission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advance Choice Documents (ACDs) have been recommended for use in England and Wales based on evidence from trials that show that they can reduce involuntary hospitalisation, which disproportionately affects Black African and Caribbean people. Our aim was therefore to develop and test ACD implementation resources and processes for Black people who have previously been involuntarily hospitalised and the people that support them.

Methods

Resource co-production workshops were held to inform the development of the ACD template and two types of training for all stakeholders, comprising a Recovery College course and simulation training. An ACD facilitator then used the ACD template developed through the workshops to create personalised ACDs with service users and mental h

SUBMITTER: Simpson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11539294 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature