A qualitative analysis of implementing shared decision making in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the United Kingdom: Stages and facilitators.
Abrines-Jaume, Neus;
Midgley, Nick;
Hopkins, Katy;
Hoffman, Jasmine;
Martin, Kate;
Law, Duncan;
Wolpert, Miranda;
(2014)
A qualitative analysis of implementing shared decision making in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the United Kingdom: Stages and facilitators.
Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 21 (1).
pp. 19-31.
ISSN 1359-1045
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104514547596
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OBJECTIVES: To explore the implementation of shared decision making (SDM) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), and identify clinician-determined facilitators to SDM. METHODS: Professionals from four UK CAMHS tried a range of tools to support SDM. They reflected on their experiences using plan-do-study-act log books. A total of 23 professionals completed 307 logs, which were transcribed and analysed using Framework Analysis in Atlas.Ti. RESULTS: Three states of implementation (apprehension, feeling clunky, and integration) and three aspects of clinician behavior or approach (effort, trust, and flexibility) were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of SDM in CAMHS requires key positive clinician behaviors, including preparedness to put in effort, trust in young people, and use of the approach flexibly. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Implementation of SDM in CAMHS is effortful, and while tools may help support SDM, clinicians need to be allowed to use the tools flexibly to allow them to move from a state of apprehension through a sense of feeling "clunky" to integration in practice.