Mental health service user organizations in times of crises: adaptions, challenges and opportunities experienced by local associations during COVID-19

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview over organizations, local associations, settings and participants of the FGI:s along with specification-codes for quotes.

Mental health service user organization	Focus	Settings, participants (N = 46) and codes for quotes
		Board members (N = 25)	Members (N = 21)
Attention	Neuropsychiatric disabilities	Association 1.
		Performed at a library (n = 2) (Of which one was chair) A 1a.	Digitally performed (n = 2) A 1b.
		Association 2. Both digitally performed
		(n = 3) A 2a.	(n = 1) A 2b.
Self-Harm and Eating Disorders Organization (SHEDO)	Self-harm and Eating disorders	Both digitally performed
		(n = 2) (Of which one was chair) B 1a.	(n = 2) B 1b.
Balans	Affective disorders	Association 1.
		Digitally performed (n = 4) (Of which one was chair) C 1a.	Performed at the premises of the association (n = 2) C 1b.
		Association 2.
		FGI performed in mixed group on the premises of the association (n = 5) (2 board members of which one was chair, and 3 members) C 2.
The Schizophrenia Association	Psychosis disorders	Association 1.
		Both performed at the premises of the association
		(n = 2) (Of which one was chair) D 1 a.	(n = 4) D 1 b.
		Association 2.
		Both performed at the premises of the association
		(n = 3) Of which one was chair) D 2 a.	(n = 4) D 2 b.
National Association for Social and Mental Health (RSMH) Riksförbundet för Social och Mental hälsa	Does not focus on any specific diagnosis	One FGI performed in mixed group (n = 8) (5 board members and 3 members) at the premises of the association E 1.
		E 2. Individual interviews with: A chairperson performed digitally (n = 1) E 2. A board member—on the premises of the association E 3. (n = 1)

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to Swedish Publicity and Confidentiality Act but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Board (2021-05667-01).