Acknowledgements
Any large research project such as this cannot be done without the help of many people. We are particularly grateful to our two project managers at the Scottish Government, Angela Hallam (Health Analytical Services Division) and Jacki Gordon (Choose Life National Implementation Support Team ( NIST)) for their encouragement, advice and support throughout the study. Their interest in the study, and their willingness to engage at various points in detailed discussions about methodology were a great help to us.
We would also like to thank our Research Advisory Group (members listed below) for their commitment and involvement in the study - both within meetings and outside.
Finally, we are grateful to the many, many individuals around Scotland who took part in the research - the national-level stakeholders, Choose Life co-ordinators, ASIST trainers and participants - who made the time to meet with us and tell us about their experiences of ASIST. An extra word of thanks must go to those who took an active role in facilitating our Local Implementation Studies in Glasgow, Highland, Midlothian, Shetland, West Dunbartonshire and the Scottish Association for Mental Health.
The members of the Research Advisory Group for this study were:
- Mary Allison ( NHS Health Scotland)
- Ciara Byrne (Scottish Association for Mental Health)
- Phil Eaglesham ( NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde / Scottish Government, Choose Life NIST)
- Jacki Gordon (Scottish Government, Choose Life NIST)
- Angela Hallam (Scottish Government, Health Analytical Services Division)
- Liz Martin (Scottish Government, Choose Life NIST)
- Willie McBride (Glasgow Simon Community)
- Alex McMahon (Scottish Government, Mental Health Delivery and Services Unit)
- Diana Morrison ( NHS Lothian / Edinburgh CHP)
- Lauren Murdoch (Scottish Government, Mental Health Division)
- Helen Neville (Scottish Council For Voluntary Organisations)
- Dougie Paterson (Scottish Government, Choose Life NIST)
- Dave Peck (Clinical Psychology Course, University of Edinburgh)
- Rona Slevin (West Dunbartonshire Council / Renfrewshire Council)
- Tim Warren (Scottish Government, Health Improvement and Health Inequalities Policy)
- Brian Young (Inverclyde Council)
This research was funded by the Scottish Government.