Authors: Sandra Hunt, David Williamson, NSW
Year: 2003
Event: 2003 TheMHS Conference
Subject: Consumer Researchers,
Type of resource: Conference Presentations and Papers
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to describe the personal experiences of Consumer Researchers, interviewing other mental health consumers of public mental health services. The Consumer Researchers were part of a team employed on a consumer research project - the “Consumer Evaluation of Mental Health Services” (CEO-MHS). These consumer interviews were recorded on cassette tape to gather experiences of consumers from the Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Sydney Metropolitan and Mid-Western regions of New South Wales. This process occurred in collaboration with a group of established researchers from the University of Wollongong. The following paper will reflect different experiences of two Consumer Researchers and the process of conducting these interviews.
The paper will describe the personal experiences as Consumer Researchers of both Sandra Hunt and David Williamson interviewing other mental health consumers of public mental health services. This was undertaken as part of a team of Consumer Researchers employed on a consumer research project – the “Consumer Evaluation of Mental Health Services” (CEO-MHS). The Consumer Researchers interviewed other mental health consumers from a variety of different public mental health services within NSW and included people from the Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Sydney Metropolitan and Mid-Western regions, in collaboration with a group of established researchers from the University of Wollongong.
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