Building the effectiveness evidence-base for service user and carer outcomes in mental health; every contribution counts!

How important are meaningful service user and carer outcomes to you? How much do you care about the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions in mental health? How can you build on what you already do, to further develop the evidence-base? Whether you are working in practice, research or education, or a combination of these, this presentation will introduce a strengths-based approach to building the effectiveness evidence. Exploring a shared community of purpose from different perspectives, with some practical options for making your contribution really count. This presentation links to the Mental health Occupational Therapy Intervention effectiveness and Outcomes Network (MOTION), which aims to enable service users and carers to receive effective occupational therapy interventions, in mental health and advance research in this area.

Learning outcomes

1. Appreciating the strengths-based approach to building the occupational therapy effectiveness evidence-base, in mental health.

2. Building a community of purpose; having exposure to some practical options about how different perspectives can contribute even more to the evidence.

3. Identifying one thing you could do to make to make your contribution count even more, towards building the evidence-base.