Memos on Sexuality Education Effectiveness; A Qualitative Study in Severe Mental Illness in Iran

Objective This paper has attempted to explore factors which should be considered in designing a sexuality education package for severe mental illness.Method: Twenty-one in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in one of the psychiatric hospitals in Tehran. All participants were selected by purposive sampling. Interviews continued until data were saturated. Using conventional qualitative content analysis, data reduction was done by MAXQDA 10 software.Findings: Qualitative interview analysis revealed 222 codes which are summarized in 15 subcategories and 3 categories including "key competences must be created", "Educational package features" and "Educational Organization".Conclusion: Sexual package should provide necessary information, improve risk perception and motivate learning of sexual issues in these patients. Also, providing an appropriate educational package should be concise, ordered and comprehensive.