Victoria Stewart

Griffith University

Thesis Title

The role of goal planning in supporting the health and wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness.

Supervisor

Professor Amanda Wheeler and Dr Sara McMillan

Research Questions

•  What types of goals are being developed with people experiencing mental illness within a community pharmacy setting?
• How useful is the SMART goal setting method in assisting pharmacist and mental health service users develop health and wellbeing goals?
• Is goal planning within community pharmacy effective in improving the health and wellbeing of mental health service users?
• What are the experiences of mental health service users and their treating pharmacists in relation to goal planning?
• What are the barriers and facilitators to effective goal planning in mental health service delivery from the perspectives of pharmacists and mental health service users?

Whose research influences you?

My overall approach to both teaching and research have been shaped by those contributing to mad studies, critical psychiatry and lived experience views and research. I also have a keen interest in human rights and how this intersects with mental health legislation – Bernadette McSherry’s work resonates with many of the lived experience narratives that I have encountered.

Are you a lived-experience researcher?

I do not identify as a lived-experience researcher.