The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 11 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Ruth Chandler, Thurstine Basset

Working towards co-production in rehabilitation and recovery services

Laura Rachel Freeman, Michelle Waldman, Judith Storey, Marie Williams, Claire Griffiths, Kevin Hopkins, Elizabeth Beer, Lily Bidmead, Jason Davies

The purpose of this paper is to outline the work of a service provider, service user and carer group created to develop a strategy for service user and carer co-production.

Aims for service user involvement in mental health training: staying human

Laura Lea, Sue Holttum, Anne Cooke, Linda Riley

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of service user involvement in mental health training but little is known about what staff, trainees and service users…

Learning from stories of mental distress in occupational therapy education

Susan Walsh

The purpose of this paper is to describe processes of learning from personal experiences of mental distress when mental health service users participate in occupational therapy…

Peer interviewers in mental health services research

Bevin Croft, Laysha Ostrow, Linda Italia, Adrian Camp-Bernard, Yana Jacobs

Inclusion of members of the target population in research is an increasing priority in the social sciences; however, relatively few studies employ approaches that involve persons…

Developing involvement during a programme of recovery research

Mike Slade, Premila Trivedi, Ruth Chandler, Mary Leamy

The purpose of this paper is to consider the process of working with a Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAP) and its outcomes in REFOCUS, a large five-year programme of recovery…

Patient and public involvement and the implementation of research into practice

Steve Gillard, Rhiannon Foster, Constantina Papoulias

Patient and public involvement (PPI) is increasingly central to the delivery of health services research. However, it has proved challenging to evaluate the impact of PPI on the…