Sunday, 11 March 2018

‘Widening cross-disciplinary research for mental health’: what is missing from the Research Councils UK mental health agenda?

an article by Diana Rose (King's College London, UK), Sarah Carr (Middlesex University, London, UK) and Peter Beresford (Brunel University, London, UK) published in Disability & Society Volume 33 Issue 3 (2018)

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.

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