interviews

Question 1

clinical interview

Answer 1

vallentine et al 2010

Question 2

aim

Answer 2

investigate usefulness of psycho-educational material provided from offender patients at psychiatric hospital

Question 3

procedure

Answer 3

• 42 schizophrenic males from broadmoor high security hospital given interviews where they discussed symptoms and illness
• after interviews a content analysis was done to pick out key themes

Question 4

results

Answer 4

• group interviews helped them improve as they now understand their symptoms and know others experiences are similar
• increased confidence

Question 5

evaluation

Answer 5

• using interviews allows patients to explain in detail
• unstructured/ semi-structured lacked reliability as questions are not standardised
• recorded interviews so they can check accuracy of data they report on. So they can check the reliability of the interpretation