- Title
- Implementation of a mental health consumer academic position: benefits and challenges
- Creator
- Happell, Brenda; Bocking, Julia; Scholz, Brett; Platania‐Phung, Chris
- Relation
- Perspectives in Psychiatric Care Vol. 55, Issue 2, p. 175-182
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12315
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Purpose: Academic positions for consumers of mental health services remain rare despite positive evaluation. This paper considers the benefits and challenges of a consumer academician position, from perspectives of stakeholders involved in the implementation. Design and Methods: Qualitative, exploratory involving in‐depth interviews with academicians. Thematic analysis identified the main benefits and challenges. Findings: Benefits identified included lived experience perspective and facilitates interaction and reflection; demonstrating recovery and promoting person centered care. Challenges identified included process, too close to home, and too little too late. Practice Implications: Enhanced understanding of consumer academician positions could increase effectiveness and maximize educational opportunity.
- Subject
- consumer academician; consumer participation; education of health professionals; mental health; mental health nursing
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1409723
- Identifier
- uon:36052
- Identifier
- ISSN:0031-5990
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of above article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12315. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- Language
- eng
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