title: "We are all fellow human beings": mental health workers' perspectives of being in relationships with clients in community-based mental health services.
abstract: Stable, trusting relationships are at the core of Norwegian community-based mental health services. Being acknowledged and respected may promote a client's recovery. The aim of this study was to explore mental health workers' experiences of relating to clients. The design involved multi-stage focus groups based on a participatory approach and using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Acknowledging the personhood of a client appears to offer opportunities for growth and development in the client as well as in the health worker, based on reciprocal processes of each person affecting the other and the health workers' openness to understanding the other person.
authors.affiliation: Stord Haugesund University College, Haugesund, Norway, and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kristin Ådnøy
authors.initials: KÅ
authors.lastname: Eriksen
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arman
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sundfør
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karlsson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D017144:Focus Groups; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D035502:Trust