Alison Faulkner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6578187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Faulkner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Faulkner |
| SIGNATURE | FAULKNER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent Service User/Survivor Researcher London UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3308-3925 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Predictors of engagement with peer support
Background: A range of evidence for the effectiveness of one-to-one peer support in mental health services is emerging. Levels of engagement with peer support vary with limited studies showing few individual participant characteristics predicting engagement. Implementation factors that might predict engagement have not been considered. Methods: Data were analysed from the intervention arm of the ENRICH trial of one-to-one peer support for dischar…
Survivor‐led guidelines for conducting trauma‐informed psychological therapy assessments
BACKGROUND: Psychological therapy assessments are a key point at which a person is accepted into a service or referred on. There is evidence of service users experiencing harm, dropping out of services and potentially experiencing poor outcomes because of inadequate assessment practices. Approaches to assessment tend to be developed by individual services, with a lack of research identifying what makes a good assessment. METHODS: This survivor-le…
‘Dignity and respect’
This paper explores the methodological aspects of a user‐led study investigating mental health service user experiences of targeted violence and abuse (often called 'hate crime'). 'Keeping Control' was a 16‐month qualitative study, undertaken in the context of adult safeguarding reforms in England. By collecting data on service user concepts and experiences, the research sought to address a gap in research and practice knowledge relating to targe…
Patient and public involvement in mental health research
This collection of papers demonstrates a growing interest and maturity of experience within the field of patient and public involvement utilizing a range and various forms of involvement with different groups and communities. Many of the papers placed emphasis on dignity and respect, Faulkner et al, Warner et al.; others, for example Tyler et al., and Kuhne et al., highlighted the importance of listening to the patient voice. The need for shared …
Uncovering the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research
This article explores the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research as experienced by service user/survivor researchers and research managers. It is based on a consultation aiming to explore some of the emotional implications raised by bringing lived experience into mental health research, through interviewing people with experience on all sides of the challenges raised. The aim was to develop a research proposal…
Practitioner perspectives on service users experiences of targeted violence and hostility in mental health and adult safeguarding
People with lived experience of mental distress experience high rates of targeted violence and hostility based on their mental health status. This user-led study explored practitioners’ perceptions and experiences of supporting service users in these challenging situations and considered the role of adult safeguarding. Six focus groups with practitioners (n = 46) enabled them to respond to data documenting service user’s experiences. This process…
Keeping Control”
The situation for people with mental health problems as a group of disabled people who experience targeted violence and abuse is a complex one. Disabled people, particularly those with mental health problems, are at higher risk of targeted violence and hostility with few effective evidence-based prevention and protection strategies. Achieving effective safeguarding for adults with mental health problems is characterised by differential attitudes …
Ordinary risks and accepted fictions
BACKGROUND: Communication and information sharing are considered crucial to recovery-focused mental health services. Effective mental health care planning and coordination includes assessment and management of risk and safety. OBJECTIVE: Using data from our cross-national mixed-method study of care planning and coordination, we examined what patients, family members and workers say about risk assessment and management and explored the contents of…
Survivor research and Mad Studies
The body of knowledge referred to as ‘survivor research’ has grown significantly in recent years, challenging the basis of mainstream mental health knowledge and most recently manifesting in the emerging field of enquiry known as ‘Mad Studies’. The roots of these developments lie in the experiential knowledge of service users engaged in sharing their experiences and knowledge, often through peer support. I aim to challenge some of the assumptions…
Prevention of abuse
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on prevention in adult safeguarding and to identify the themes that emerge, with particular reference to personalisation and the views of service users. Design/methodology/approach Primarily a brief literature review; the review began with a scope on data, literature, and best practice in relation to prevention in adult safeguarding. Using reference harvesting and expert recommendation…
The right to take risks
Purpose Commissioned as part of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation scoping programme, this consultation aims to explore the views of disabled people and service users about risk. Design/methodology/approach The consultation reached nine individuals and one focus group, reaching a total of 17 disabled people and service users. Their views were supplemented by the literature. Findings The landscape of risk and rights is highly complex. Disabled people an…
Institutional conflict
Survivor research and Mad Studies
The body of knowledge referred to as ‘survivor research’ has grown significantly in recent years, challenging the basis of mainstream mental health knowledge and most recently manifesting in the emerging field of enquiry known as ‘Mad Studies’. The roots of these developments lie in the experiential knowledge of service users engaged in sharing their experiences and knowledge, often through peer support. I aim to challenge some of the assumptions…
Uncovering the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research
This article explores the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research as experienced by service user/survivor researchers and research managers. It is based on a consultation aiming to explore some of the emotional implications raised by bringing lived experience into mental health research, through interviewing people with experience on all sides of the challenges raised. The aim was to develop a research proposal…
Keeping Control”
The situation for people with mental health problems as a group of disabled people who experience targeted violence and abuse is a complex one. Disabled people, particularly those with mental health problems, are at higher risk of targeted violence and hostility with few effective evidence-based prevention and protection strategies. Achieving effective safeguarding for adults with mental health problems is characterised by differential attitudes …
Practitioner perspectives on service users experiences of targeted violence and hostility in mental health and adult safeguarding
People with lived experience of mental distress experience high rates of targeted violence and hostility based on their mental health status. This user-led study explored practitioners’ perceptions and experiences of supporting service users in these challenging situations and considered the role of adult safeguarding. Six focus groups with practitioners (n = 46) enabled them to respond to data documenting service user’s experiences. This process…
The right to take risks
Purpose Commissioned as part of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation scoping programme, this consultation aims to explore the views of disabled people and service users about risk. Design/methodology/approach The consultation reached nine individuals and one focus group, reaching a total of 17 disabled people and service users. Their views were supplemented by the literature. Findings The landscape of risk and rights is highly complex. Disabled people an…
Institutional conflict
Institutional conflict
Prevention of abuse
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on prevention in adult safeguarding and to identify the themes that emerge, with particular reference to personalisation and the views of service users. Design/methodology/approach Primarily a brief literature review; the review began with a scope on data, literature, and best practice in relation to prevention in adult safeguarding. Using reference harvesting and expert recommendation…
The right to take risks
Purpose Commissioned as part of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation scoping programme, this consultation aims to explore the views of disabled people and service users about risk. Design/methodology/approach The consultation reached nine individuals and one focus group, reaching a total of 17 disabled people and service users. Their views were supplemented by the literature. Findings The landscape of risk and rights is highly complex. Disabled people an…
Ordinary risks and accepted fictions
BACKGROUND: Communication and information sharing are considered crucial to recovery-focused mental health services. Effective mental health care planning and coordination includes assessment and management of risk and safety. OBJECTIVE: Using data from our cross-national mixed-method study of care planning and coordination, we examined what patients, family members and workers say about risk assessment and management and explored the contents of…
Survivor research and Mad Studies
The body of knowledge referred to as ‘survivor research’ has grown significantly in recent years, challenging the basis of mainstream mental health knowledge and most recently manifesting in the emerging field of enquiry known as ‘Mad Studies’. The roots of these developments lie in the experiential knowledge of service users engaged in sharing their experiences and knowledge, often through peer support. I aim to challenge some of the assumptions…
Keeping Control”
The situation for people with mental health problems as a group of disabled people who experience targeted violence and abuse is a complex one. Disabled people, particularly those with mental health problems, are at higher risk of targeted violence and hostility with few effective evidence-based prevention and protection strategies. Achieving effective safeguarding for adults with mental health problems is characterised by differential attitudes …
Practitioner perspectives on service users experiences of targeted violence and hostility in mental health and adult safeguarding
People with lived experience of mental distress experience high rates of targeted violence and hostility based on their mental health status. This user-led study explored practitioners’ perceptions and experiences of supporting service users in these challenging situations and considered the role of adult safeguarding. Six focus groups with practitioners (n = 46) enabled them to respond to data documenting service user’s experiences. This process…
‘Dignity and respect’
This paper explores the methodological aspects of a user‐led study investigating mental health service user experiences of targeted violence and abuse (often called 'hate crime'). 'Keeping Control' was a 16‐month qualitative study, undertaken in the context of adult safeguarding reforms in England. By collecting data on service user concepts and experiences, the research sought to address a gap in research and practice knowledge relating to targe…
Patient and public involvement in mental health research
This collection of papers demonstrates a growing interest and maturity of experience within the field of patient and public involvement utilizing a range and various forms of involvement with different groups and communities. Many of the papers placed emphasis on dignity and respect, Faulkner et al, Warner et al.; others, for example Tyler et al., and Kuhne et al., highlighted the importance of listening to the patient voice. The need for shared …
Uncovering the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research
This article explores the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research as experienced by service user/survivor researchers and research managers. It is based on a consultation aiming to explore some of the emotional implications raised by bringing lived experience into mental health research, through interviewing people with experience on all sides of the challenges raised. The aim was to develop a research proposal…
Survivor‐led guidelines for conducting trauma‐informed psychological therapy assessments
BACKGROUND: Psychological therapy assessments are a key point at which a person is accepted into a service or referred on. There is evidence of service users experiencing harm, dropping out of services and potentially experiencing poor outcomes because of inadequate assessment practices. Approaches to assessment tend to be developed by individual services, with a lack of research identifying what makes a good assessment. METHODS: This survivor-le…
Predictors of engagement with peer support
Background: A range of evidence for the effectiveness of one-to-one peer support in mental health services is emerging. Levels of engagement with peer support vary with limited studies showing few individual participant characteristics predicting engagement. Implementation factors that might predict engagement have not been considered. Methods: Data were analysed from the intervention arm of the ENRICH trial of one-to-one peer support for dischar…
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (9 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works)