2013),"The CORE-OM and CORE-OM (SV) in secure settings: a template analysis of the experiences of male patients and their staff"If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to establish staff and patient opinions on the acceptability, feasibility, and utility of using the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluations -Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) in secure hospitals.Design/methodology/approach -Patients and nurses (male patients and their key workers) from high, medium and low secure hospitals participated in semi-structured interviews after completing CORE-OM or CORE-OM (SV).Findings -Template themes were acceptability, feasibility, relevance, suitability, changes to treatment, and understanding. Findings suggest that the CORE-OM is acceptable and potentially useful in secure settings.Practical implications -This paper suggests that the CORE-OM is acceptable to patients and staff in secure settings and appears to be a feasible measure for such settings. Further research and accumulation of a referential database of item scores is needed for PROMS, including the CORE-OM, to be fully useful in secure settings.Originality/value -This paper will be of use to clinicians working with forensic mental health settings. It is one of only two papers which investigate the use of the CORE-OM in forensic settings.

Background: there has been much interest in recent years about the potential impact short-term therapy can have on those needing mental health support, relatively little attention has been paid to the needs of those who require longer term support. Methods: In an ethnographic study that incorporates a participatory action research (PAR) design, exploring long-term clients’ experiences of the recovery journey and the role of rural mental health support, a sample of 6 (n = 6) consumers who had a minimum of five years of continuous involvement with a community-based mental health clinic participated in a series of two focus groups. The first focus group examined consumers’ experiences of the recovery journey and the role of the clinic in supporting their journey. The second focus group involved a member-check that allowed for participant feedback on the researchers’ summary of themes that arose from the first session. In this way, participants were given voice in revising and shaping the thematic analysis, to share their lived experiences of illness, recovery and resilience. Results: Emerging findings demonstrate how the journeys shared highlight themes of contending with extreme violence, the importance of accessible ongoing support, and finding a reason to go on in the wake of devastating personal experiences. Interpretation: Themes of being too helpful as unhelpful, balancing relationship with being able to offer advice or a challenge and connection to people and places were all highlighted. Large part of what recovery meant and participants challenge and invitation to the practitioners of its meaning was voiced.