@article{ref1,
title="What is the Lived Experience of Being Discharged From a Psychiatric Inpatient Stay?",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2017",
author="Redding, Anna and Maguire, Nick and Johnson, George and Maguire, Tess",
volume="53",
number="5",
pages="568-577",
abstract="Psychiatric patients encounter many difficulties post-discharge reflected by quantitative data such as high suicide rates within the first 3 months. However, little is known about why discharge is so difficult. This article aimed to understand the lived experience of being discharged from a psychiatric unit. Eight participants were interviewed to explore their experiences of discharge. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyse data. Four superordinate themes emerged: leaving hospital; the outside world; the journey to health; and self-identity/beliefs. Clinical implications and suggestions for further research are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-017-0092-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0092-0"
}