Table 2.

 Involving current or former users of mental health services as trainers of mental health service providers

Study	Users	Users involved	Study design	Outcome measures	Differences between groups
Cook et al, 1995, USA6	Training mental health professionals	One person with bipolar disorder	Randomised controlled trial of 57 trainees trained by the user trainer or a non-user trainer	Trainee attitudes toward user employees; stigmatising factors of mental illness; likelihood of recovery	Trainees in the user trainer group had significantly more positive attitudes toward user employees and stigmatising factors of mental illness
Wood and Wilson-Barnet, 1999, UK15	Student nurse classroom education	Not stated	Comparative study of 2 groups of students (n=15; n=14) differing in exposure to involving users in training	Student approach to mental health assessment; qualitative themes; empathy; individualised approach	Students with more and earlier exposure to user involvement, less jargon, more empathy, more individualised approach