Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41076503›Full record

ArticleNpj mental health research2025

Living with mental health issues: citizen science project on self-management strategies.

Mike Slade, Olamide Todowede, Doreen Boyd, Colleen Ewart, Akemi Hara, Fred Higton, Stuart Moran, Julie Repper, Dan Robotham, Emily Slade and 2 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Npj mental health research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Mike Slade *School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. m.slade@nottingham.ac.uk.
Olamide Todowede *School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Doreen BoydSchool of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Colleen EwartRecovery Research Team Lived Experience Advisory Panel, Nottingham, UK.
Akemi HaraMedical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Fred HigtonNottingham BRC Mental Health Involvement Team, Nottingham, UK.
Stuart MoranInformation Services, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Julie RepperImROC, Nottingham, UK.
Dan RobothamWellcome Trust, London, UK.
Emily SladeSchool of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Angela SweeneyKing's College London Service User Research Enterprise (SURE), London, UK.
Stefan Rennick-EgglestoneSchool of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Funding

NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre NIHR203310UK Research and Innovation BB/V011707/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People living with mental health issues use a range of self-management strategies. Most strategy recommendations have been developed by clinicians and researchers, so they may not reflect the full range of approaches used in practice. A citizen mental health science methodology can address this bias in strategy identification. We co-created a list of 77 pre-defined self-management strategies, and 1116 public contributors (n = 468 mental health service users, n = 497 lived experience not using services, n = 151 no lived experience) living in the United Kingdom completed an online survey identifying their use of each strategy, and identifying extra strategies. A wide range of pre-defined strategies were used by contributors, with differences in usage patterns identified between the three groups. 401 distinct extra strategies were identified. The active use of avoidance as a self-management strategy was more common than anticipated, including avoiding alcohol, social media, thinking about problems, other people, and mental health services.

Identifiers

PMID41076503
PMCPMC12515248

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.