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1PO34 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK. Diana.rose@kcl.ac.uk.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
|June 23, 2018
Summary
This study introduces a novel participatory research model where researchers are also mental health service users. It explores power dynamics and community definitions within mental health research.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychiatry
- Participatory Research Methods
Background:
- Participatory research aims to reduce power imbalances between researchers and participants.
- Existing literature highlights challenges in achieving this ideal and defining core concepts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a novel participatory research model where researchers share user status with participants.
- To analyze this model's implications for power dynamics, inclusivity, and the definition of 'mental health community'.
Main Methods:
- Description and illustration of a novel participatory research model.
- Reflective analysis of the model's engagement with traditional participatory research challenges.
Main Results:
- The new model positions researchers as service users, altering traditional power dynamics.
- Identified challenges include gatekeeping, exclusion of user groups, and conflating representativeness with marginalized voices.
- Explores the shift from academic spaces and evolving definitions of mental health communities.
Conclusions:
- The described model, though moderate in scale, offers potential shifts in participatory research methods and definitions.
- It illuminates existing dilemmas in social psychiatry and research, albeit in new configurations.
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