A Research Handbook for Patient and Public Involvement Researchers

This book is written for patients and members of the public who want to understand more about the approaches, methods and language used by health-services researchers. Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research is now a requirement of most major health-research programmes, and this book is designed to equip these individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary for meaningful participation. Edited by award-winning mental-health researchers, the book has been produced in partnership with mental-health-service users and carers with experience of research involvement. It includes personal reflections from these individuals alongside detailed information on quantitative, qualitative and health-economics research methods.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Penny Bee is Reader in Mental Health Services Research at the University of Manchester
Helen Brooks is Lecturer in Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool
Patrick Callaghan is Professor of Mental Health Sciences at London South Bank University
Karina Lovell is Professor of Mental Health Nursing at the University of Manchester