Stakeholders' views on volunteering in mental health: an international focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Explore the views of two main stakeholders: mental health professionals and volunteers from three European countries, on the provision of volunteering in mental healthcare.

Design

A multicountry, multilingual and multicultural qualitative focus group study (n=24) with n=119 participants.

Participants

Volunteers and mental health professionals in three European countries (Belgium, Portugal and the UK).

Results

Mental health professionals and volunteers consider it beneficial offering volunteering to their patients. In this study, six overarching themes arose: (1) there is a framework in which volunteering is organised, (2) the role of the volunteer is multifaceted, (3) every volunteering relationship has a different character, (4) to volunteer is to f

SUBMITTER: Pinto da Costa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8932261 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature