2026:
July and August – Focus groups conduced with:
– Young people (aged 18–24)
– Previous study participants
– People with difficult-to-treat depression
Exploring questions such as ‘What are some challenges with self-reporting mood?’ and ‘How filling out the questionnaires might make you feel?’
March – Contacting previous study participants to take part in a focus group
Febuary – Contacting people lived experience of treatment- resistant depression to take part in a focus group
January – Contacting young people (aged 18–24) to take part in a focus group
2025:
November – Second focus group completed, reflecting on the first focus group and asking questions about further focus group ideas.
September and October – reflection on our first focus group
August – First focus group completed exploring questions such as: ‘How might you feel – or how might you imagine others feel – about the process of completing these questionnaires in a research study?‘ and ‘What do you think these scales capture well or poorly about depression?‘
July – Confirmation of successful application for funding
Your Voice Matters in Depression Research 