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Involving Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder and Their Parents/Carers in Research Priority Setting
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How can the service user voice be best heard at psychiatric meetings?
Abstract:
Service user contributions to mental health conferences are now routine. How effective they are at promoting dialogue is not clear. We report a difficult exchange following a presentation about coercive treatment, with our individual reflections on what we learnt. Suggestions are made to improve both the clinical practice and the dialogue.
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