Involvement of adolescent representatives and coresearchers in mental health research: Experiences from a research project.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In spite of adolescents' rights to be involved in decisions that concern their health and life, limited research has been published reporting on their involvement in mental health research. Therefore, we aim to present experiences and reflections based on the involvement of adolescents in mental health research, to describe the collaborative relationship between researchers and coresearchers, including the values that underpin their collaboration.

Methods

An autoethnographic approach was used, combined with group reflections. The process was jointly developed, carried out and analysed by adolescent coresearchers and the project's lead researcher over a period of 2 years. The article is jointly authored by the researcher and the ten coresearchers.

Results

SUBMITTER: Viksveen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8849237 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature