背景:历史上,研究人员一直倾向于进行研究,而不是与,人们是他们努力的焦点。这种方法往往不能有效地支持和造福于他们想要的人群。这项研究旨在探索有生活经验的人参与研究的偏好,无论是作为研究中的研究参与者,或通过积极参与心理健康研究。
方法:本文的数据是在2013年至2022年的9年期间进行的三项独立的生活经验议程设置研究中收集的;两个小组讨论和一个开放式在线调查。合并数据并进行专题分析。
结果:参与者将生活经验描述为心理健康研究中的关键因素和最高水平的知识和专业知识,这将导致知识生成和研究议程。与会者讨论了能够分享经验和故事的研究的重要性和价值,表示需要灵活选择和代理的研究方法,并支持在所有研究阶段都有生活经验的人更积极地参与。与会者还谈到需要从有生活经验的人那里产生的观点和知识,以便在研究中拥有平等的权力,在研究的多个方面为生活体验的声音腾出空间,以及对生活经验价值的更大尊重和认可。
结论:心理健康研究的生活经验正在成熟,但专注,需要共同创造的发展才能把它做好。有生活经验的人越来越理解他们的经验知识给心理健康研究工作带来的价值,并描述了研究人员可以支持他们成为研究参与者的各种方式,并积极参与。权力共享,尊重和承认生活经验是有效心理健康研究的核心,是“保持真实”的关键。
■有精神健康问题或痛苦经历的人,和/或作为照顾者,家庭和亲属团体成员,参与了这项研究的共聚和设计。所有作者都认为是有生活经验的人。
BACKGROUND: Historically, researchers have been apt at conducting research on, rather than with, the people who are the focus of their efforts. Such approaches often fail to effectively support and benefit the populations they are intended to. This study aimed to explore the preferences of people with lived experience for engagement with research either as research participants within studies, or through active involvement in mental health research.
METHODS: Data for this paper were collected in three separate lived experience agenda-setting studies conducted over a 9-year period from 2013 to 2022; two group discussions and an open-ended online survey. Data were combined and thematic analysis undertaken.
RESULTS: Participants described the inclusion of lived experience as a critical ingredient and the highest level of knowledge and expertise in mental health research that should lead to knowledge generation and research agendas. Participants discussed the importance and value of research that enables sharing experiences and stories, expressed a need for flexibility in research methods for choice and agency, and support for greater active involvement of people with lived experience across all stages of research. Participants also spoke to the need for perspective and knowledge generated from people with lived experience to have equal power in research, making space for lived experience voices across multiple aspects of research, and greater respect and recognition of the value of lived experience.
CONCLUSIONS: Lived experience in mental health research is coming of age, but dedicated, cocreated development is needed to get it right. People with lived experience increasingly understand the value their experiential knowledge brings to the mental health research effort, and describe a wide range of ways that researchers can support them to be research participants, and to get actively involved. Power-sharing, respect and recognition of lived experience as central to effective mental health research are the keys to \'keeping it real\'.
UNASSIGNED: People with lived experience of mental health problems or distress either personally, and/or as carers, family and kinship group members, were involved in the coideation and codesign of this research. All authors identify as people with lived experience.