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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Mental health studies frequently involve multifaceted psychosocial interventions. It may be difficult to isolate the active ingredients that make these interventions successful. This study examined the use of qualitative methods to better understand the content of one of these interventions and to help elucidate the links between the care process and health outcomes. A series of five focus groups were convened at a site remote from a model primary care clinic for veterans. Transcripts of the focus groups were analyzed to identify themes and categorize results for patients with serious mental disorders. Three themes emerged from the groups: the difficulty patients had previously faced in obtaining medical care, the flexibility and availability of resources that defined the clinic culture, and organizational restructuring that allowed enhanced communication. Qualitative methods can be a useful means of "unpacking" multifaceted mental health services interventions. These methods may make it possible to refine and disseminate these models more widely.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1075-2730
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
568-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Attitude of Health Personnel, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Attitude to Health, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Focus Groups, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Health Services Accessibility, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Hospitals, Veterans, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Interdisciplinary Communication, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Mental Health Services, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Mentally Ill Persons, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Models, Organizational, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Organizational Culture, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Patient-Centered Care, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Primary Health Care, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Qualitative Research, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-United States, pubmed-meshheading:12663848-Veterans
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Using qualitative methods to distill the active ingredients of a multifaceted intervention.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, 950 Campbell Avenue/182, West Haven, CT 06516, USA. levinscm@biomed.med.yale.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article