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Table 2 Examples of the analysis process

From: Psychiatrists’ experiences of suicide assessment

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Condensed meaning units

Code

Category

Theme

Main theme

A consultation that validates the relationship and increases trust is absolutely most important

Validating consultation increases important trust

Validation in assessment leads to trust

Trust and change in the assessment process

Assessment consultation can kick-start a therapeutic process

Understanding the influence of the patient- doctor relationship

Perhaps I crossed the line of what one (the doctor) should or shouldn’t say…..What am I actually doing, when I cross the professional line? ….but at the same time, it is right there, …in the border zone…., that one can make contact and make a change

Doctor on the border on a professional line to make contact and change

Being on the border for contact and change

What am I doing when I cross the professional line?

Difficult to understand personal aspects of contact

Personal aspects of the relationship