Background: Modern mental health strategies emphasize the necessity of user participation,
but only a few studies examine how user involvement can be promoted effectively. Aim: To …

Background: For two decades, mental health services in Norway have focused on service
user involvement. Despite this, there is little knowledge about how inpatient mental health …

Aims. This study presents development, empirical testing and validation of an instrument
measuring service user involvement in in‐patient mental health from the mental health …

Background Service user involvement is emphasised in many strategies, plans and
declarations globally. However, in practice, service user involvement is not always achieved …

Patient‐centred care and user involvement in healthcare services are much emphasised
globally. This study was the first step in a multicentre research project in Finland to improve …

Increased user participation and community integration are central aims for contemporary
mental health policy in many countries. User participation in community mental health …

It has been suggested that user involvement in heath care leads to improved services. The
aim of the study was to explore attitudes towards user involvement of staff employed in …

Objective: To identify methods for involving service users in the planning and delivery of
psychiatric services and factors which may assist and impede this process. Method: A cross …

Background Governments in several countries attempt to strengthen user participation
through instructing health‐care organizations to implement user participation initiatives …

Background Health service organisations are increasingly implementing user involvement
initiatives according to requirements from governments, such as user representation in …