Thursday 29 May 2014

Experts by Experience

According to another expert by experience:

Neuroscience/Psychiatry/Mental Health is like many other research domains in that most of what we want to know we either don't know or are not sure of. There are many barriers to implementing clinical research trials; funding, regulatory red tape, cultural inertia within medical organisations, etc. One of the principal barriers is the lack of awareness of the importance of research amongst the clinical care work force. Ben Gray's blog highlights the need for research and the need for both clinicians and the public as well as academics and associated financial and regulatory bodies to support it.

Wednesday 28 May 2014

People's Involvement: Experts by Experience

We are just about to start a group of 'Experts by Experience'. In other words, people who have lived experience of mental illness (as service users and carers).

Here is what one person said as initial feedback:

I would say that the research articles are well written, flow well and are robust. I personally would like references to the research literature and researcher names and a little more methodology i.e. qualitative or quantitative and aim of project. I think these summaries are excellent learning and I would look for research which can be read by the professionals and therefore have a hope of having learning embedded into practice, and sustained over time. I think all the summaries improve professional and user/carer understanding and are very relevant to the issues of today in mental health and in parity of esteem.