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

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Outline Founding rationale and membership On going work – Mental Health Retrosight – Bibliometric analysis Future plans

SOS Mental Health Jan-11 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

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

Mental health papers,

Mental health papers by selected country

Scientific impact and intensity,

Network of international collaboration,

Outline Founding rationale and membership On going work – Mental Health Retrosight – Bibliometric analysis Future plans

‘Living’ research agenda Retrosight 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 Jabalpurwala Executive Director Graham Boeckh Foundation Tel: Jonathan Grant President RAND Europe Tel: