Many people sometimes hear a voice or voices that other people do not hear. Some of these individuals might seek help from health services for voice-hearing or for other difficulties they might be facing. However, there has been little research on the views and experiences of clinical staff about voice-hearing.
The A2V Project seeks to understand more about:
The findings may be used to inform training on ways of working with this client group in the future.
All clinicians working in primary care services (e.g. general practitioners, practice nurses/nurse practitioners, pharmacists, practice paramedics) or in mental health services (e.g. mental health nurse, support worker, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist) working with children, adolescents and/or adults in:
If you decide to take part in this study you will be invited to complete an anonymous online survey. The survey can be accessed after the consent page.
The survey should take 30-40 minutes. Questions are mostly multiple choice and there will be some optional open-ended questions.
The survey will ask you questions about:
If you have any questions or would like the survey link to be sent to you, please email the researchers:
* Kat Rammou: A.Rammou@sussex.ac.uk (if you are a CAMHS or EIP clinician)
* Jenny Barnes: j.barnes1288@canterbury.ac.uk (if you are an Adult service clinician)
* Dr Mark Hayward: M.I.Hayward@sussex.ac.uk (if you are an Primary care clinician)
This project is supported by the ESRC funded Doctoral studentship and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This project is sponsored by University of Sussex. IRAS ID: 257355