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‘Widening cross-disciplinary research for mental health’: what is missing from the Research Councils UK mental health agenda? |
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| Authors: | Diana Rose Sarah Carr Peter Beresford |
| Institution: | 1. User-Led Research, Service User Research Enterprise (SURE), Health Service &2. Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &3. Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK;4. Mental Health Research, Mental Health, Social Work and Integrative Medicine, Middlesex University, London, UK;5. National Survivor User Network (NSUN), London, UK;6. Citizen Participation, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives, Colchester, UK;7. Social Policy, Brunel University, London, UK |
| Abstract: | This current issues article is a brief critical examination of the recent Research Councils UK agenda and call for cross-disciplinary research in mental health. Our argument is based on the fact that patient and public involvement (PPI) is the only involvement and influencing strategy for service users and survivors in the agenda. Service user and survivor research as a discipline in itself remains unacknowledged. We conclude that service user and survivor research is distinct and is different to PPI, and should be recognised in any mental health research agenda. |
| Keywords: | Mental health patient and public involvement service user research survivor research research agenda Research Councils UK |