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488 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 4,115 Mental Health and Patient Involvement papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The paper identifies the challenge of preserving peer support's critical edge in the face of institutionalisation. It highlights the challenge of resisting frameworks that value only demonstrable improvement and the need to protect peer autonomy. The paper also argues that there is a challenge in recognizing and valuing lived experience that is disruptive or resistant to institutional translation.

    Peer support and the performative turn: when lived experience risks losing its radicality · 2026 · DOI

  • Preserving peer support's critical edge requires attention to how experiential knowledge is recognised, including protecting peer autonomy and resisting frameworks that value only demonstrable improvement, - A psychiatry genuinely committed to lived experience must resist conflating recognition with performance

    Peer support and the performative turn: when lived experience risks losing its radicality · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap between the formal structure of integration and the ongoing service needs among people with a migration background. The lack of understanding of how social workers contribute to the well-being of service users with a migration background.

    Social mechanisms and the well-being of service users with an immigrant background in Finland · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a defined supervision framework tailored to Peer Work's unique ethos. The limited practical implementation of clinical supervision models that demonstrate theoretical alignment with Peer Work values. The need for further qualitative research and co-designed frameworks to ensure supervision practices uphold the integrity of Peer Work.

    Models of Supervision Relevant To Peer or Lived Experience Workforce Within Mental Health: A Scoping Review · 2026 · DOI

  • One challenge identified is the lack of respect and imposter syndrome experienced by YPSWs due to their age. Another challenge is the significant differences in satisfaction with opportunities and rewards, fringe benefits, and supervision by certification status. The study also highlights the need to address workload, policy, and individual barriers faced by YPSWs.

    A Survey Study of the Workplace Experiences of Young Adult Peer Support Workers in the United States · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding about the workplace experiences of YPSWs, particularly in relation to certification status. Prior studies have been primarily qualitative and small-scale, highlighting the need for a larger, quantitative study. The study aims to address this gap by examining the workplace experiences of YPSWs in the United States.

    A Survey Study of the Workplace Experiences of Young Adult Peer Support Workers in the United States · 2026 · DOI

  • small sample size, - limited geographic area (one state in the Midwest), - lack of diversity in the population sample (primarily White and female providers)

    “Live One, Do One, Teach One”: Representation in the Peer Workforce in Behavioral Health · 2026 · DOI

  • better definitions and standardized measurement tools for cultural responsiveness, - more inclusive research on workforce diversity, - examination of the impact of peer professionals on treatment outcomes

    “Live One, Do One, Teach One”: Representation in the Peer Workforce in Behavioral Health · 2026 · DOI

  • Limited funding is a challenge for small, resource-limited peer support groups. Social isolation and loneliness are challenges experienced by individuals with severe mental health challenges. Stigma and discrimination are challenges experienced by individuals with severe mental health challenges.

    Facilitating Personal Recovery in the Community: a Qualitative Evaluation of a Peer Support Group for Adults with Severe Mental Health Challenges in Rural Australia · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the effectiveness of peer support groups for adults with severe mental health challenges. There is a need to evaluate the ways in which these groups support their members and the outcomes achieved.

    Facilitating Personal Recovery in the Community: a Qualitative Evaluation of a Peer Support Group for Adults with Severe Mental Health Challenges in Rural Australia · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in understanding how patient-centred practices can be influenced by organizational decoupling. There is a need to develop a framework to identify where patient influence may be lost. The paper highlights the importance of considering the relationship between patient priorities and care.

    When Personalization Does Not Change Care: A Critical Narrative Review and an Organizational Decoupling Framework · 2026 · DOI

  • The study faced challenges related to stigma, interpersonal connections and social reciprocity, vocational engagement, autonomy, unhealthy identities, independent housing and stability. High symptom levels at the time of recruitment were a challenge. The study had to address the lack of awareness of the concept of social inclusion among participants.

    The mattering citizen: young adults with mental illness and complex needs’ experiences and perceived opportunities of social inclusion · 2025 · DOI

  • There is a need to better define and promote social inclusion in mental health and substance use services. The concept of social inclusion and the benefits of it is under communicated to the target group. Service providers need to focus on their clients' social contexts.

    The mattering citizen: young adults with mental illness and complex needs’ experiences and perceived opportunities of social inclusion · 2025 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding about the implementation of IPT globally, particularly in terms of barriers and facilitators. The paper aims to address this gap, by examining the experiences of IPT implementation across 31 countries. The research gap includes the need to identify common themes and challenges across contexts, and to inform strategies for improving IPT delivery and accessibility.

    Implementing interpersonal psychotherapy globally: a content analysis from 31 countries · 2024 · DOI

  • A future, larger trial is needed to provide robust evidence, - The design of a future trial should be informed by the findings of this feasibility trial

    A feasibility randomized controlled trial of an individually delivered, peer support intervention to reduce the impact of psychosis stigma and discrimination for people with psychosis: the let's talk study · 2024 · DOI

  • There is uncertainty about the feasibility of a randomized trial to evaluate a peer-delivered, individual adaptation of HOP for psychosis. There is a lack of studies on the effectiveness of individually delivered peer support interventions for reducing psychosis stigma and discrimination.

    A feasibility randomized controlled trial of an individually delivered, peer support intervention to reduce the impact of psychosis stigma and discrimination for people with psychosis: the let's talk study · 2024 · DOI

  • Their reliability, explanatory value, and effects on care require independent evaluation before use as performance indicators

    When Personalization Does Not Change Care: A Critical Narrative Review and an Organizational Decoupling Framework · 2026 · DOI

  • To date, definitions of effective collaborations between users and researchers to plan and evaluate such collaborations are scarce.

    Indicator Development for the Evaluation of User‐Researcher Collaboration in Health Research: A Co‐Designed, Modified Delphi‐Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Next, the proposed indicators and their operationalization should be validated in practice.

    Indicator Development for the Evaluation of User‐Researcher Collaboration in Health Research: A Co‐Designed, Modified Delphi‐Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The study contributes to the scholarship of Chinese health reform by examining the interpretation of national health policy from the implementer's perspective, and to the NPF scholarship by extending its applicability to authoritarian settings and by focusing on the understudied implementation phase of the policy process.

    Is Market a Hero or Villain? A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of China's Patient‐Centred Healthcare Policy · 2026 · DOI

  • Volunteer-based roles have emerged within ED settings to provide emotional support, yet little is known about volunteers’ experiences of this work.

    “Being present” for young people in mental health crisis: a qualitative study of volunteer support in emergency departments · 2026 · DOI

  • However, data on PPI prevalence and characteristics in trials involving older adults remain scarce.

    Patient and public involvement in pragmatic trials with older adults: a multi-methods study of researchers’ experiences · 2026 · DOI

  • However, the ways in which these roles are integrated and supported vary widely across academic contexts and are strongly shaped by organisational structures, team cultures and role clarity.

    How, why, for whom, and in what contexts organisational and team dynamics shape, and are shaped by, service user researchers in higher education mental health research centres: a realist review protocol · 2026 · DOI

  • Background: Peer recovery support services (PRSS) have been widely adopted across a variety of settings, but little is known about their economic impact.

    The cost-effectiveness of long-term post-treatment peer recovery support services in the United States · 2025 · DOI

  • While improving wellbeing is a prominent policy goal, political analysis of wellbeing is a vital but to date under-researched sub-field.

    A critical political analysis of wellbeing support for postgraduate researchers in higher education · 2025 · DOI

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