title: The experiential impact of hospitalisation in early psychosis: service-user accounts of inpatient environments.
abstract: Early Intervention in Psychosis services aim to keep young people out of hospital, but this is not always possible. This research used in-depth interviews to explore the experience of hospitalisation amongst young people with psychosis. Findings describe fear and confusion at admission, conflicting experiences of the inpatient unit as both safe and containing, and unsafe and chaotic, and the difficult process of maintaining identity in light of the admission. We discuss the need to move from construing psychiatric hospitals as places for 'passive seclusion', to developing more permeable and welcoming environments that can play an active role in recovery.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK; Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: m.larkin@bham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Zoë V R
authors.initials: ZV
authors.lastname: Boden
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK; St. Andrews Healthcare, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK; Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hickman
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK; Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Early intervention; Emerging adulthood; Psychiatric inpatient unit; Psychosis; Schizophrenia