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    Co-production in mental health research: Reflections from the People Study

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    Embargoed until: 2100-01-01
    Reason: Publisher embargo
    Volume
    20
    Pagination
    220 - 231
    DOI
    10.1108/MHRJ-09-2015-0028
    Journal
    Mental Health Review Journal
    Issue
    4
    ISSN
    1361-9322
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    Abstract
    © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the process of co-producing mental health research where work was shared between university academics, charity-based researchers and a Lived Experience Advisory Panel. Design/methodology/approach - The authors express the opinions of a research team made up of people with experience of using mental health services, being carers and being academically trained researchers from a range of health and social science disciplines. Some had experience in several areas. The paper is co-produced to provide collective reflection and recommendations. Findings - Co-production of research is not well documented in published literature. The authors believe there is scope to develop co-production approaches, but further conceptual and theoretical work is needed alongside empirical studies. A socially situated complex research project, possibly involving multi-stakeholder groups, demands flexibility in approach. Similarly to user-controlled and other emancipatory methodologies, co-production makes the democratisation of research a primary objective in order to produce better quality and more relevant studies. Co-production also addresses inequalities in power and control within research projects; this way of working does provide a healthy challenge to traditional research hierarchies. Practical implications - Lessons learned should be honestly shared to develop co-production research methods. Projects need to have a strategy for how to value different contributions and facilitate constructive relationships if discord emerges. Establishing clear project roles, expectations and process for payment are essential in developing genuine collaborative partnerships. Originality/value - It is a viewpoint paper.
    Authors
    Pinfold, V; Szymczynska, P; Hamilton, S; Peacocke, R; Dean, S; Clewett, N; Manthorpe, J; Larsen, J
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    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13132
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    (c) 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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