Choosing Methods in Mental Health Research: Mental Health Research from Theory to Practice

by Slade; Mike

• ISBN13: 9781583918449
• ISBN10: 1583918442
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Choosing Methods in Mental Health Researchdevelops a new framework for mental health research. It is concerned with how to choose the most appropriate mental health research method, not only to address a specific question, but to maximize the potential impact on shaping mental health care. Mike Slade and Stefan Priebe focus attention on the types of audience that the researcher is seeking to influence, the types of evidence each audience accepts as valid, and the relative strengths and limitations of each type of methodology. A range of research methodologies are described and critically appraised, and the use of evidence by different groups is discussed. This produces some important findings about the interplay between research production and consumption, and highlights directions for future mental health research theory and practice. The findings presented here will be relevant to mental health service users and professionals who use research evidence to inform decision-making. It will also prove an invaluable resource for students and researchers in the field of mental health.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	viii
Foreword	xi
DAVID GOLDBERG
Preface	xiv
MIKE SLADE AND STEFAN PRIEBE
PART I Research methods	1	(124)
1 Who is research for?	3	(6)
MIKE SLADE AND STEFAN PRIEBE
2 Single-case experimental designs	9	(15)
BARBARA A. WILSON
3 Conversation analysis	24	(23)
ROSEMARIE McCABE
4 Discourse analysis	47	(21)
DAVE HARPER
5 Grounded theory	68	(17)
KAREN HENWOOD
6 Randomised, controlled trials	85	(14)
SIMON WESSELY
7 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis	99	(14)
SIMON GILBODY
8 Surveys	113	(14)
RACHEL JENKINS HOWARD MELTZER, TERRY BRUGHA AND SUNJAI GUPTA OBE
PART II Consumers of research	125	(86)
9 Influencing practice at primary care level	127	(11)
PAUL WALTERS AND ANDRE TYLEE
10 Influencing community mental health team practice to improve care outcomes	138	(9)
TOM BURNS
11 Influencing the public perception of mental illness	147	(10)
VANESSA PINFOLD AND GRAHAM THORNICROFT
12 Influencing the media	157	(10)
SOPHIE PETIT-ZEMAN
13 Influencing policy in the United Kingdom	167	(11)
FRANK HOLLOWAY
14 Influencing policy in Germany	178	(10)
BERND PUSCHNER, HEINRICH KUNZL AND THOMAS BECKER
15 Influencing policy in Italy	188	(9)
LORENZO BURTI
16 Influencing policy in Sweden	197	(5)
LARS HANSSON
17 Influencing policy in the United States	202	(9)
JOHN S. LYONS AND WHITNEY P. WITT
PART III Generating high-impact research	211	(38)
18 The evidence context in mental health research	213	(10)
JOAN BUSFIELD
19 A service-user perspective on evidence	223	(8)
PETER BERESFORD
20 Postmodern mental health services	231	(8)
PAT BRACKEN AND PHIL THOMAS
21 Research production and consumption	239	(10)
STEFAN PRIEBE AND MIKE SLADE
References	249	(42)
Index	291