Telling our story: Consumer perceptions of their role in mental health education.

Abstract

The findings highlight the need for ongoing critical review of the way in which consumer educators are engaged in the education and training of mental health professionals.

Medical–Surgical Nurses' Perceptions of Psychiatric Patients: A Review of the Literature With Clinical and Practice Applications

“…Conversely, it is significant to note that individuals with SMI and a medical comorbidity also perceived their care as "difficult" and "problematic" (Meehan & Glover, 2007;Zolnierek & Clingerman, 2012). These phenomena support the hypothesis that the medical-surgical health outcomes of this population will be poorer than their non-mentally ill counterparts (Zolnierek & Clingerman, 2012).…”

The Impact of Mental Health Nursing Education on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Attitudes to Consumer Participation

“…Consumer participation in the education of mental health professionals has been identified as a positive strategy to address the identified negative attitudes (Bailey, 2005;Deakin University, 1999;Gyulay, Mound, & Flanagan, 1994;Happell, Pinikahana, & Roper, 2002Happell & Roper, 2009;Meehan & Glover, 2007). The involvement of consumers at this level has two prime advantages.…”

“…A review of the literature suggests that consumer participation in education has not become an integral part of professional education McCann et al, 2008;Meehan & Glover, 2007). concluded that the involvement of a mental health consumer academic was effective in promoting more positive attitudes among mental health nursing students to consumer participation.…”

A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Koreans with Mental Illness

“…In recent years, there has been rapid growth in the involvement of service users in service transformation, in mental health research, and in the debate over what constitutes evidence (Rose, Thornicroft, & Slade, 2006). Meehan and Glover (2007) also highlighted the need for mental health specialists to recognize the difference between livedexperience knowledge and learned-experience knowledge. Lived-experience knowledge can be derived by persons with mental illness, in that every person has unique experiences and responds to mental illness in their own way, while learnedexperience knowledge can be obtained by the experiences, research, and personal perspectives provided by mental health professionals (Hummelvoll, 2008).…”