title: Stakeholders' perspectives on community-based participatory research to enhance mental health services.
abstract: Historically, consumers of mental health services have not been given meaningful roles in research and change efforts related to the services they use. This is quickly changing as scholars and a growing number of funding bodies now call for greater consumer involvement in mental health services research and improvement. Amidst these calls, community-based participatory research (CBPR) has emerged as an approach which holds unique promise for capitalizing on consumer involvement in mental health services research and change. Yet, there have been few discussions of the value added by this approach above and beyond that of traditional means of inquiry and enhancement in adult mental health services. The purpose of this paper is to add to this discussion an understanding of potential multilevel and multifaceted benefits associated with consumer-involved CBPR. This is accomplished through presenting the first-person accounts of four stakeholder groups who were part of a consumer-involved CBPR project purposed to improve the services of a local community mental health center. We present these accounts with the hope that by illustrating the unique outcomes associated with CBPR, there will be invigorated interest in CBPR as a vehicle for consumer involvement in adult mental health services research and enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Prevention and Community Research, The Consultation Center, New Haven, CT, USA, andrew.case@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Case
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: Eddrena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Claggett
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DeVeaux
authors.forename: Reno
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sernyak
authors.forename: Jeanne L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: LaPaglia
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: Avon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Joy S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D058996:Quality Improvement