‘Very hit and miss’: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of ambulance service care for young people experiencing mental health crisis

Abstract

The ambulance service provides vital front line mental healthcare for young people in crisis, but there is a lack of evidence to guide best practice in this area. The lived experiences of service users can offer important insights to guide service development, therefore we carried out a qualitative evaluation of care provided by the ambulance service to young people experiencing a mental health-related emergency. Abstract published with permission.