Department of Psychiatry, Mood Disorders Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2022 Jul 20;31:e54. doi: 10.1017/S204579602200035X.
The need to ensure that research evidence is adopted by health systems and is informed by lived experience expertise has been increasingly recognised in mental health research. In the field of global mental health (GMH), though some progress has been made, the meaningful engagement of key stakeholders in research remains low. This editorial outlines recommendations to support the meaningful engagement of policy makers and people with lived or living experience of mental illness in GMH research. Recommendations include: increasing funding structures that are designed to support meaningful engagement; urging institutions to consider administrative structures that support engagement with lower resourced partners; promoting capacity development opportunities and resources to support researchers to promote meaningful engagement; developing research governance structures that include key stakeholders; and, taking steps to ensure the needs of diverse stakeholders are met through their engagement in research. Examples of good practice from these areas are provided. Though not an exhaustive list of recommendations, this editorial represents a call to the GMH research community to take a deliberate and proactive approach to prioritising meaningful stakeholder engagement in GMH research with the ultimate goal of improving accessible and appropriate mental health care.
确保研究证据被卫生系统采用并由实际经验专业知识提供信息，这在精神卫生研究中已越来越受到重视。在全球精神卫生领域，尽管已经取得了一些进展，但关键利益攸关方在研究中的实质性参与程度仍然很低。本社论概述了支持政策制定者和有精神疾病实际或生活经验的人在全球精神卫生研究中进行有意义的参与的建议。建议包括：增加旨在支持有意义参与的资金结构；敦促各机构考虑支持与资源较少的合作伙伴进行接触的管理结构；促进能力发展机会和资源，以支持研究人员促进有意义的参与；制定包括主要利益攸关方的研究治理结构；并采取措施，通过他们的参与研究，确保满足不同利益攸关方的需求。提供了这些领域的良好做法的例子。虽然这不是详尽的建议清单，但本社论呼吁全球精神卫生研究界采取深思熟虑和积极主动的方法，优先考虑在全球精神卫生研究中进行有意义的利益攸关方参与，最终目标是改善可及和适当的精神卫生保健。
