SOS for Mental Health The Science of Science for Mental Health Research Network

A call to action: building a network that links evaluation to social benefit

Outline

• Founding rationale and membership

• On going work–Mental Health Retrosight –Bibliometric analysis

• Future plans

Aims and rationale of network

• Graham Boeckh Foundation

• Drivers of the network

• About the network

• “living research portfolio”

• Fostering partnership and creating linkages

Modus operandi

How can Mental Health research funding be made more effective?

What is the Mental Health Research landscape?

What works in Mental Health Research Funding?

What is a future agenda for MH Research Funding?

Why is Mental Health Research important?

Key initial questions and approaches

Network partners and steering group

Network Partners:•Graham Boeckh Foundation (Canada)•Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Canada)•Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (Canada)•National Institute of Mental Health (USA)•Department of Health (England)•RAND Europe

Steering Committee:• Dr J. Anthony Boeckh (Chairperson), Graham

Boeckh Foundation, Canada• Dr Nathalie Gendron, Institute of Neurosciences,

Mental Health and Addiction, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada

• Professor Julian Jack, Emeritus Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, University of Oxford and Visiting Professor, University College London, United Kingdom

• Professor Shitij Kapur, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, United Kingdom

• Dr Harold Pincus, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, United States

• Dr Michael Schoenbaum, National Institute of Mental Health, United States

Marketing material

Outline

• Founding rationale and membership

• On going work–Mental Health Retrosight –Bibliometric analysis

• Future plans

SOS Mental Health Jan-11

The Retrosight approachUse of case studies:

•Select case studies– Balanced selection to

increase generalizability•Build case studies

– Interviews, archival review, bibliometrics, standardize

•Rate case studies– Descriptions of impact into

impact ratings•Analysis

Mental Health Retrosight• Rationale: Why is research discovery not reaching patients? If we change how we

fund research, can we change the outcome? This question has been/is being considered by governments and funding agencies around the world

• Methodology: 24 case studies– 18 forward tracing case studies of research published in the late 1980s and

early 1990s– 6 backward tracing case studies examining the most significant changes in

mental health treatments in the recent past– Will be analysed to identify the key success factors in the translation of

research into practice and patient benefit

• International - Across three countries – Canada, USA and UK

• Timing - Three-year study reporting in May 2013

Mental Health Retrosight• Led by the Graham Boeckh Foundation and RAND Europe, with

international partners – The Graham Boeckh Foundation served as the catalyst, enrolling

partners to the project. – RAND Europe provided the technical expertise to implement the

study; RAND’s payback model had already been applied to arthritis and cardiovascular research

• Aim is to provide the evidence base and impetus for partners and others to change the way they are funding research and improve outcomes for patients

• Partner commitments were secured prior to commencing the project

Bibliometric analysis• Led by OST

• Aims were:– Map research activity and trends, as proxied by research

publications, in G20 countries, over a 28 year period– Identify centres of research excellence (as measured by

volume of research publications and number of citations to those publications)

– Identify networks of research collaboration

• Papers identified through:– Thomson Reuters JCS (‘Psychiatry’)– NSF subfields (‘Psychiatry’)– MeSH headings

• Mental Disorders (excluding Substance-Related Disorders), Mental Health Services, and Mental Health

– Other journals with 75% paper relevant MeSH

366,322 mental health papers were retrieved

between 1980 and 2008 and analysed

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Network of international collaboration, 2003-2008

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Outline

• Founding rationale and membership

• On going work–Mental Health Retrosight –Bibliometric analysis

• Future plans

‘Living’ research agendaRetrosight

Bibliometrics

Web portal

Standardising impact measurement (RAISS)

Ecosystem

Comparative analyses

Foresight

Lessons learnt• Value of a network with specific joint projects useful

• Driver and champion of a vision and technical expertise

• Growth of the network - dissemination, new partnerships, snowball effect, findings into practice and patient benefit

• Global challenge – success factors, research translation

• Allocate resources to face to face meetings

• Collective action

For more information, please contact

Inez JabalpurwalaExecutive DirectorGraham Boeckh Foundation

Tel: + 1 514 904 0551Email: inez@bccl.ca

Jonathan GrantPresidentRAND Europe

Tel: +44 1223 353329Email: jgrant@rand.org