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  • Title: Service users' experiences of a therapeutic group programme in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit.
    Author: O'Donovan A, O'Mahony J.
    Journal: J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs; 2009 Aug; 16(6):523-30. PubMed ID: 19594674.
    Abstract:
    Psychiatric nurses have been facilitating therapeutic groups in acute psychiatric inpatient units for many years; however, there is a lack of nursing research related to this important aspect of care. This paper reports the findings of a study which aimed to gain an understanding of service users' experiences in relation to therapeutic group activities in an acute inpatient unit. A qualitative descriptive study was undertaken with eight service users in one acute psychiatric inpatient unit in Ireland. Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews and analysed using Burnard's method of thematic content analysis. Several themes emerged from the findings which are presented in this paper.
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