Advanced Qualitative Research

Michelle O'Reilly (BSc [hons], MSc, MA, PhD, PGCAPHE) is an Associate Professor of Communication in Mental Health at the University of Leicester and a Research Consultant for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. Michelle is also a Chartered Psychologist in Health. Michelle has specific interest in child and adolescent mental health and has been investigating the relationship between mental health and social media as part of that work. Michelle has made several media contributions about the research with adolescents, educationalists, and parents, as funded by the Wellcome Trust. Additional to her research interests in mental health and social media, Michelle also undertakes research in self-harm and suicidal behaviour, neurodevelopmental conditions, and child mental health services, such as mental health assessments and family therapy. Michelle recently won the Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research for her co-authored contribution on discursive psychology in this area. Michelle has expertise in qualitative methodologies and specialises in discursive psychology and conversation analysis.

Helping researchers progress to doing more complex qualitative research, this book is grounded in theory and takes the reader beyond a 'tick box' approach to methods

Chapter 1: Theoretical Issues in the Qualitative ParadigmChapter 2: Issues of QualityChapter 3: Research Ethics and Researcher SafetyChapter 4: Perspective Driven Data CollectionChapter 5: Research Design and Mixing Qualitative MethodsChapter 6: Recording and TranscriptionChapter 7: Primary and Secondary Data AnalysisChapter 8: Dissemination Practice in Qualitative ResearchChapter 9: Applying Qualitative Research in Practice