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Barriers to older people participating in mental health focused clinical research (part 1) — a review
Author(s)	Syd Hiskey, Donna Edwards
Journal title	FPOP Newsletter, no 122, January 2013
Publisher	British Psychological Society, January 2013
Pages	pp 56-62
Source	www.bps.org.uk
Keywords	Older people ; Participation ; Mental disorder ; Clinical surveys ; Research ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	The authors review the literature for evidence of barriers to older people's participation in clinical studies, specifically those related to. mental health research. Of 17 articles identified, only two focus on researching psychiatric difficulties in later life. The authors discuss the points raised in the two mental health papers, and summarise data from six interviews or survey studies drawn from their search. Results are discussed in terms of how the general barriers featured might apply to mental health, with an emphasis on qualitative differences between the two fields. They conclude that there is a clear need to conduct further research into this topic so that future studies more systematically represent this population, thus better informing services and treatment. (RH)
Accession Number	CPA-130322216 A
Classmark	B: TMB: E: 3G: 3A: 64A
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