History, context, and language -- Principles and motives -- Levels and stages -- Values -- Roles -- Capacity building -- Purpose and goals -- Topics -- Methods -- Service users as paid researchers -- Consultation -- Collaboration -- Control -- Power -- Money -- Politics -- Good practice guidance
Summary
Service user involvement in mental health research poses specific challenges for both researchers and service users. The book describes the relevant background and principles underlying the concept of service user involvement in mental health research, providing relevant practical advice on how to engage with service users and how to build and maintain research collaboration on a professional level. It highlights common practical problems in service user involvement, based on experience from various countries with different social policies and suggests ways to avoid pitfalls and common difficu
