Qualitative Interviews on Adolescent Mental Health Service Experiences in Norway

Norway-based qualitative interview transcripts from 12 participants aged 15 to 19 with severe mental health problems and complex needs. The data was collected via semi-structured interviews and analyzed using critical discourse analysis to explore experiences with conventional and alternative mental health services. The dataset is a 706.6 KB DOCX file authored by Marthe Johansen and last updated on 2026-04-14.

Use Cases

• Conducting discourse analysis based on identified biomedical, paternalistic, and neoliberal discourses.
• Analyzing themes of user participation and power imbalance in mental health services.
• Comparing patient narratives between traditional and alternative service models like Youth Flexible ACT.
• Training NLP models on qualitative health interview data for thematic extraction.

Strengths

• Data is based on 12 semi-structured interviews providing in-depth qualitative insights.
• Analysis employs a defined critical discourse analysis (CDA) methodology.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The 706.6 KB size indicates a limited textual scope.
• Data reflects a specific Norwegian context and a small convenience sample of 12 participants.

Provenance

Source

Marthe Johansen via figshare.

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews with participants recruited via convenience sampling from three Youth Flexible ACT teams.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 12:11:51.

Geography

Norway