Citizenship as mental health. A study protocol for a randomised trial of awareness interventions for mental health professionals
Journal of Public Mental Health
ISSN: 1746-5729
Article publication date: 18 April 2023
Issue publication date: 21 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how mental health is tied to citizenship, and to help professionals understand mental health in the context of social rights and responsibilities, to move towards a right-based practice.
Design/methodology/approach
The author will explore the concept of citizenship together with mental health service users’, relatives’ and professionals’ organisations. Using a qualitative analysis of this exploration, this study will develop, implement and evaluate, using a randomised design, awareness interventions with mental health professionals.
Findings
The author will use thematic analysis for qualitative data and multilevel mixed-effects linear models to evaluate the effect of the awareness interventions.
Social implications
The results of the project will enable conversations between mental health professionals, relatives and service users that might help them understand mental health as part of citizenship.
Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this will be the first controlled study of standardised citizenship-based awareness interventions for mental health professionals.
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank all his colleagues and friends from the Recovery and Citizenship Collective and the First-Person Mental Health Research Group. Special thanks to Michael Rowe for his generosity and the legacy he leaves us all. Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa received funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the agreements number RYC2018-023850-I and PID2021-125403OA-I00.
Citation
Eiroa-Orosa, F.J. (2023), "Citizenship as mental health. A study protocol for a randomised trial of awareness interventions for mental health professionals", Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMH-09-2022-0089
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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