Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 21 Issue 4

Whose decision is it anyway? A qualitative study of user participation and how clinicians deal with the patient perspective in mental healthcare

Vår Mathisen, Geir Fagerheim Lorem, Aud Obstfelder, Per Måseide

The concept of user participation is well accepted internationally. Nevertheless, studies show that both patients and health professionals find it challenging to maintain…

Predictive validity of evidence-based practices in supported employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Helen Lockett, Geoffrey Waghorn, Rob Kydd, David Chant

The purpose of this paper is to explore the predictive validity of two measures of fidelity to the individual placement and support (IPS) approach to supported employment.

“From the same mad planet”: a grounded theory of service users’ accounts of the relationship within professional peer support

H. Alistair Bailie, Anna Tickle, Michael Rennoldson

Peer support (PS) workers are being employed despite uncertain evidence for clinical and cost-effectiveness. Psychological theories have been proposed to explain the mechanisms of…

A pilot study with adaptations to the Maudsley Method approach on workshops for carers of people with eating disorders

Stephen Linacre, Jessica Green, Vishal Sharma

Carers of people with eating disorders (EDs) experience high levels of burden which can lead to clinical levels of depression and anxiety, high levels of expressed emotion and can…