Exploring Mental Health Service User Perspectives on Targeted Violence and Abuse

Introduction to Knowledge and Inquiry
in Health & Social Care - Component 1

Table of Content.
Research paper 1..............................................................................................................................1
1. Description of main findings...................................................................................................1
2. Approaches that author/s have used to carry out the research.................................................1
3. Key implications of the approach............................................................................................2
4. Use of this research in health and social care..........................................................................2
Research Paper 2..............................................................................................................................3
1. Description of main findings...................................................................................................3
2. Approaches author/s have used to carry out the research........................................................3
3. Key implications of the approach............................................................................................4
4. Use of Research in health and social care...............................................................................4
Research paper 3..............................................................................................................................4
1. Description of main findings...................................................................................................4
2. Approaches author/s have used to carry out the research........................................................5
3. Key implications of the approach............................................................................................5
4. Use of Research in health and social care...............................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Research paper 1
1. Description of main findings
By the interview of service users:
Risk and vulnerability assessment
Common themes that were experienced across the interviews were fear of violence,
abuse, and feeling unsafe. Risk and vulnerability are experienced by those who have been
victims of such violence and abuse.
Reporting targeted violence and abuse
Service users explained that reporting targeted violence and abuse is a difficult task for
them because their feel was unworthy. They also believe that services will not respond
appropriately to them.
Additional multi-factorial abuses
Many service users explained that they faced some additional multifactorial abuses and
discrimination impacting their mental health such as racism, sexism, discrimination, abuse based
on disability, gender identity, etc.
Positive strategies
The majority of service users use positive strategies to cope. They often had to deal with
both positive and negative ways to cope in absence of adequate responses from service.
Experience in adult safeguarding
Generally, users were not aware of the adult safeguarding in mental health. Few users
found it satisfactory, while few had not heard about it or thought that it did not apply to them.
Practitioner of mental health and adult safeguarding
A viewpoint on vulnerability and risk
Practitioners generally felt a risk of coercive control by family or friends, abuse by
neighbors, and financial exploitation.
A viewpoint on the professional role
Practitioners showed they're feeling afraid to take responding due to fear of retaliation.
2. Approaches that author/s have used to carry out the research
Authors have used different methods such as:
 Literature review.
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