BACKGROUND Little is known about effective treatment for personality-disordered (PD) offenders. We aimed to obtain the perspective of service users and staff on: (a) the experience of receiving treatment; and (b) the experience of delivering treatment, within new forensic services for PD offenders. MATERIAL Thematic analysis was applied to qualitative interviews with 30 service users and 22 s...

Since the beginning of humankind, storytelling enabled people to understand and shape their impressions reality. Depicted by Walter R. Fisher, narrative paradigm encounters ubiquitous computing dimension, as proposed Mark Weiser (Fisher 1984, 1991), that results in interdisciplinary field Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN). Departing from first text-based experimentation late 1970s, IDN can be...

BACKGROUND Parents of disabled children are encouraged to seek peer support. Delivering one-to-one support requires resources; therefore, investigating how these services may impact on families and those providing the service is important when evaluating such services. METHODS We carried out a qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Participants were 12 parent...