Subtheme 2.1: Openness to change when presenting to IAPT
When asked about their reasons for signing up to the integrated smoking cessation and IAPT treatment, participants reflected on their motivations and appeared to be open to change when first presenting to IAPT.
Participants described that they were pursuing a ‘change everything approach’, while they were presenting to the IAPT service. They were trying to change their mental state, their life, trying to ‘better themselves’. One participant described that at the time everything was changing so it was a ‘good a time as any’ to engage in both smoking cessation and mental health treatment. This suggests that participants accept integrated smoking cessation and IAPT treatment, and view presenting to mental health services as a good time to do both, although some participants did not find it helpful to address smoking and mental health together.
