'Nobody really gets it': a qualitative exploration of youth mental health in deprived urban areas.

Aim: To examine the experience of developing and living with mental health and substance use disorders among young people living in urban-deprived areas in Ireland to inform primary care interventions.

Method: Semi-structured qualitative interviews with 20 young adults attending health and social care agencies in two deprived urban areas, and analysed using thematic analysis.

Results: Five themes were identified: experiencing symptoms, symptom progression, delay accessing help, loss of control/crisis point, and consequences of mental health and substance use disorders.

Primary care and youth mental health in Ireland: qualitative study in deprived urban areas.

Background: Mental disorders account for six of the 20 leading causes of disability worldwide with a very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in youth aged 15-24 years. However, healthcare professionals are faced with many challenges in the identification and treatment of mental and substance use disorders in young people (e.g.

Developing consensus on important factors associated with lower limb prosthetic prescription and use.

Purpose: There is an ongoing concern in lower limb prosthetic rehabilitation with underuse and nonuse of prosthetic technology. The aim of this study was to gather expert opinion on the most important outcomes, predictors and facilitators of lower limb prosthetic prescription and use, with a long-term goal of improving satisfaction with prosthetic technology.

Method: An electronic Delphi study was conducted using an expert panel of 21 service providers and users and was undertaken over three iterations.

Understanding the benefits of prosthetic prescription: exploring the experiences of practitioners and lower limb prosthetic users.

Purpose: While lower limb prosthetic prescription is reliant on many physical indicators, it is clear that psychosocial factors need to be emphasised to a greater extent within this field if the needs of users are to be appropriately addressed. The aim of this study is to explore and identify the outcomes of prosthetic prescription through qualitative inquiry.

Method: Six focus groups with prosthetic service users and 10 semi-structured interviews with service providers were conducted and then analysed with inductive thematic analysis.

Identifying the values and preferences of prosthetic users: a case study series using the repertory grid technique.

Purpose: The matching of prosthetic devices to the needs of the individual is a challenge for providers and patients. The aims of this study are to explore the values and preferences that prosthetic users have of their prosthetic devices; to investigate users' perceptions of alternative prosthetic options and to demonstrate a novel method for exploring the values and preferences of prosthetic users.

Methods: This study describes four case studies of upper limb and lower limb high tech and conventional prosthetic users.