30 Chapter 2 nificant risk that nothing will be taken. As Crowe [10] states, “If mental health nursing practice is a patient-centred partnership, as many of our nursing standards suggest, then nursing’s focus should be on the patient’s experience rather than the psychiatric diagnosis with which the experience is attributed. Mental health nurses need to turn to service users to learn how best to help” (p.125). Research question: The research question in this study was the following: How do patients experience their oral health after FEP, and which needs regarding their oral health do they have? Aim: The current paper aims to gain insight into the lived experiences and needs of young adults after FEP regarding their oral health using an interpretive phenomenological approach. Study design Theoretical framework In this study, a descriptive, interpretative phenomenological approach was used to gain insight into the lived experiences portrayed by the patients. The first aim of this study is to explore the experiences and needs of oral health behaviour among patients between 18 and 35 years after FEP. Participant selection The study population consisted of patients after FEP treated by the Early Intervention Service of the Friesland Mental Health Care Services in the Netherlands. Patients were asked by their psychiatric nurses to participate and were approached face to face. A convenience sample based on availability and willingness to participate was assembled. In this study, thirty patients between 18 and 35 years were included. Patients in a period of “florid” psychosis were excluded from the interviews.
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