In recent years there has been a considerable increase in both local and national research projects and initiatives involving (or led by) mental health service users and survivors. This article looks at a project to develop an accessible manual on ethical practice for researchers, trainers and interviewers working from the perspective of mental health service users and survivors. Interview and focus groups, a literature review and questionnaires distributed to a sample of survivor researchers were used in the study. This article summarises some of the main themes that arose from the research, and are covered in the guidelines.
In recent years there has been a considerable increase in both local and national research projects and initiatives involving (or led by) mental health service users and survivors. This article looks at a project to develop an accessible manual on ethical practice for researchers, trainers and interviewers working from the perspective of mental health service users and survivors. Interview and focus groups, a literature review and questionnaires distributed to a sample of survivor researchers were used in the study. This article summarises some of the main themes that arose from the research, and are covered in the guidelines.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, participatory research, research methods, service users, survivors, user participation, ethics, good practice;
Managing Community Care, 9(1), February 2001, pp.32-36.
Publisher:
Pavilion
This article provides a discussion of the value of user-led research in mental health, with particular reference to the 'Strategies for Living' project at the Mental Health Foundation.
This article provides a discussion of the value of user-led research in mental health, with particular reference to the 'Strategies for Living' project at the Mental Health Foundation.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, service users, user led research, user participation, empowerment;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(1), September 1999, pp.28-29.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Users are researching the many strategies people devise to help them live with mental health problems. 'Strategies for Living' is a three-year user-led programme of work stemming from the increasing demands from mental health service users for choices and alternatives to the traditional medical models of treatment. This article gives some of the research findings.
Users are researching the many strategies people devise to help them live with mental health problems. 'Strategies for Living' is a three-year user-led programme of work stemming from the increasing demands from mental health service users for choices and alternatives to the traditional medical models of treatment. This article gives some of the research findings.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, self-advocacy, self-determination, service users, severe mental health problems, survivors, therapies, therapy and treatment, user led research, user participation, user views, community mental health services, complementary therapies, empowerment;