Table 1 Types of data and participants

Meetings with social psychiatry and other professionals in six municipalities

Municipality 1: 2 leaders

Municipality 2: leader plus 17 social workers

Municipality 3: 2 leaders of social psychiatry; 3 psychiatric consultants

Municipality 4: Leader of social psychiatry, leaders of 7 other municipal departments of health and social care

Municipality 5: 3 leaders of different departments responsible for care of patients with SMI

Municipality 5: leader of social psychiatry plus 2 leaders of sub-departments (biggest municipality)

Meetings with psychiatry in two regions

Region 1: Head of psychiatry

Region 2: Head of psychiatry plus leader of main section

Observations at psychiatric facilities and social support in patients homes in two municipalities

Tree days in municipality 1 and 2 days in municipality 2

Interviews with three patients in social psychiatry

Telephone interview with patient in user panel

2 men, 1 woman, age 46–56 years

Woman in her twenties

Individual interview with social worker at a psychiatric facility

Woman, seniority 18 years

Individual interviews with two leaders of social psychiatry

Men, middle age

Two focus groups with general practitioners (GPs)

Group 1: 6 participants, 5 women, 1 man

Group 2: 5 participants, 3 women, 2 men

Two trans-sectoral focus groups

10 participants in each group

Group 1:

3 GPs, 1 M, 2 W

4 SPs, 1 M, 3 W

2 PSs, 1 M, 1 W

1 pharmacist, W

Group 2:

2 GPs, 1 M, 1 W

5 SPs, all W

3 PSs, 1 M, 2 W

Two trans-sectoral workshops

20 and 7 participants respectively

Workshop 1:

7 GPs

5 SPs, primarily leaders

4 PSs

2 practice staff

1 pharmacist

1 patient organisation leader

Workshop 2:

4 SPs

3 PSs