When it pays to be bipolar ‐ the world of service user research

Abstract

My name is Debbie Mayes and I am writing as someone with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder who is also a researcher. This article is about service user research ‐ a growing trend in research for service users to be employed and openly identified as a service user as well as a researcher. I am currently a service user researcher at the Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research at Lancaster University, but in the past I have also worked for the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and the Institute of Psychiatry, both in London.

Citation

Mayes, D. (2010), "When it pays to be bipolar ‐ the world of service user research", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 20-23. https://doi.org/10.5042/mhsi.2010.0066