Rank Research Area % of participants that rated as important or very important 1 Management 86.70 2.5 Education and awareness about mental illness 83.30 2.5 Effects of mental illness 83.30 4.5 Lifestyle influences on mental illness 80.00 4.5 Prevention and intervention 80.00 6 Hauora hinengaro Māori (Māori Mental Health) 79.30 7.5 Suicidality and suicide prevention 76.70 7.5 Treatment 76.70 9.5 Employment 72.40 9.5 Help-seeking 72.40 5. Māori participants only – top RATED topics of mental health research Rank Research Topic General Area Topic falls under % of participants that rated as important or very important 2 Professionals’ understanding of hauora hinengaro Māori (Māori mental health) Health professional issues 100.00 2 Self-monitoring early warning signs of relapse Management 100.00 2 Alternatives to hospitalisation Services 100.00 4 Professionals’ commitment to cultural safety Health professional issues 96.20 8 Effectiveness of mental health training for health professionals Health professional issues 96.00 8 Importance of meaningful activity for mental wellbeing Lifestyle influences on mental illness 96.00 8 Influence of others who have experience of mental illness Lifestyle influences on mental illness 96.00 8 Effective coping strategies for living with mental illness Management 96.00 8 Factors in recovery from a severe episode of mental illness Management 96.00 8 Self-awareness and responsibility for condition Management 96.00 8 Improving inpatient care Services 96.00 12.5 Services in and remote areas Services 95.80 Rank Research Topic General Area falls under % of participants that rated as important or very important
12.5 Matching the individual and treatment Treatment 95.80 15 Suicide prevention Suicidality and suicide prevention 95.70 15 Suicidal thoughts and behaviours (without attempts) Suicidality and suicide prevention 95.70 15 Parenting with mental illness Various other mental health research topics 95.70 16.5 How children/tamariki cope with effects of having a family/whānau member with experience of mental illness Effects of mental illness 92.30 21.5 Effects of employment on mental illness (e.g. helping with recovery) Employment 92.30 21.5 Education of employers Employment 92.30 21.5 Better spending of funding and government support Government policy and funding 92.30 21.5 Impact of government policies Government policy and funding 92.30 21.5 Ongoing monitoring and feedback to improve health professionals’ skills Health professional issues 92.30 21.5 Professionals’ commitment to ethics and human rights Health professional issues 92.30 21.5 Professional/consumer and tāngata whai ora relationship Health professional issues 92.30 21.5 Role of consumers and tānagata whai ora in education and training of health professionals Health professional issues 92.30 21.5 Communication skills of health professionals 92.30 ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES Highest rated topic within the ‘ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES’ area of mental health research (% of participants that rated as important or very important) All participants Relaxation (67.11) Māori participants only Relaxation (67.90) “Our minds deserve a spa, time out from all the clutter of the world, the pressures and life experiences, etc.”.