Clinician perspectives on what constitutes good practice in community services for people with complex emotional needs: A qualitative thematic meta-synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The need to improve the quality of community mental health services for people with Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) (who may have a diagnosis of 'personality disorder') is recognised internationally and has become a renewed policy priority in England. Such improvement requires positive engagement from clinicians across the service system, and their perspectives on achieving good practice need to be understood.

Aim

To synthesise qualitative evidence on clinician perspectives on what constitutes good practice, and what helps or prevents it being achieved, in community mental health services for people with CEN.

Methods

Six bibliographic databases were searched for studies published since 2003 and supplementary citation tracking was conducted. Studies that use

SUBMITTER: Troup J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9070883 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature