Thematic Analysis of Autistic Adults' Experiences with Mental Health Services in England

Thirteen autistic adults in England were interviewed about their experiences accessing mental health care. The dataset contains themes and subthemes derived from reflexive thematic analysis of those interviews, focusing on barriers to care and priorities for improvement. It was created by Frederick Taylor and last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Identify common barriers to mental health care based on qualitative themes like 'lack of professional understanding'.
• Analyze patient priorities for service improvement based on themes such as 'adaptability' and 'validation'.
• Investigate communication challenges in diagnosis and treatment based on participant-reported experiences.
• Explore gender-specific needs within autistic mental health care based on mentions of female participants' emphasis.

Strengths

• Data is derived from 13 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with autistic adults.
• Analysis followed reflexive thematic analysis principles, a recognized qualitative methodology.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sample size of 13 participants suggests a limited scope for generalization.

Provenance

Source

Frederick Taylor via figshare.

Collection Method

Purposive sampling and semi-structured interviews analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:31:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England