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

1. 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

2. Outline • Founding rationale and membership • On going work • Mental Health Retrosight • Bibliometric analysis • Future plans

3. Aims and rationale of network • Graham Boeckh Foundation • Drivers of the network • About the network • “living research portfolio” • Fostering partnership and creating linkages

4. Modus operandi

5. Key initial questions and approaches What is the Mental Health Research landscape? Why is Mental Health Research important? How can Mental Health research funding be made more effective? What works in Mental Health Research Funding? What is a future agenda for MH Research Funding?

6. 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

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8. Outline • Founding rationale and membership • On going work • Mental Health Retrosight • Bibliometric analysis • Future plans

9. The Retrosight approach Use 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 SOS Mental Health Jan-11

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Mental health papers, 1980-2008

14. Mental health papers by selected country

15. Scientific impact and intensity, 2003-2008

16. Network of international collaboration, 2003-2008

17. Outline • Founding rationale and membership • On going work • Mental Health Retrosight • Bibliometric analysis • Future plans

18. ‘Living’ research agenda Retrosight Bibliometrics Web portal Standardising impact measurement (RAISS) Ecosystem Comparative analyses Foresight

19. 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

20. For more information, please contact Inez Jabalpurwala Executive Director Graham Boeckh Foundation Tel: + 1 514 904 0551 Email: inez@bccl.ca Jonathan Grant President RAND Europe Tel: +44 1223 353329 Email: jgrant@rand.org