Table 1.

Sample characteristics

	Total	n
Staff demographics
Gender	Male	7
	Female	19
Age	18–25 years	2
	26–40 years	10
	41–60 years	14
Ethnicity	White British	20
	White other	2
	Mixed	1
	South Asian	2
	Chinese	1
Profession	Nursing assistant	4
	Ward manager	3
	Occupational therapist	3
	Assistant psychologist	1
	Clinical psychologist	6
	Psychiatrist	2
	Registered mental health nurse	7
Experience on ward	<1 year	2
	1–5 years	12
	5–10 years	2
	>10 years	10
Years since qualified	<10 years	11
	≥10 years	15
Region of UK recruited from	North-West	18
	Midlands	3
	South-East	3
	North-East	1
	Scotland	1
Patient demographics
Gender	Male	6
	Female	16
Age	18–25 years	7
	26–40 years	7
	41–60 years	7
	≥61 years	1
Ethnicity	White British	16
	White other	2
	Mixed	1
	South Asian	2
	Black	1
Primary diagnosis	Schizophrenia	6
	Personality disorder	2
	Major depressive disorder	4
	Bipolar disorder	6
	Schizoaffective disorder	2
	Not known	2
Number of admissions	1	9
	2–5	7
	6–10	3
	>10	3
Previous access to therapy	In-patient	6
	Out-patient	10
	In-patient and out-patient	2
	None	4
Region of UK recruited from	North-West	16
	Midlands	2
	South-East	2
	North-East	2
Carer demographics
Gender	Male	4
	Female	8
Age	41–60 years	6
	≥61 years	6
Ethnicity	White British	10
	White other	1
	Black	1
Primary diagnosis of person care for	Schizophrenia	3
	Personality disorder	1
	Major depressive disorder	2
	Bipolar disorder	3
	Other	3
Number of admissions for person care for	1	1
	2–5	5
	6–10	1
	>10	5
Previous access to therapy for person care for	In-patient	4
	Out-patient	6
Region of UK recruited from	None	2
	North-West	7
	South-East	2
	North-East	2
	Midlands	1