Sociology and survivor research: an introduction ~ Angela Sweeney;

Mental health service users’ experiences and epistemological fallacy ~ Hugh Middleton;

Doing good carer-led research: reflecting on ‘Past Caring’ methodology ~ Wendy Rickard and Rachel Purtell;

Theorising service user involvement from a researcher perspective ~ Katherine C. Pollard and David Evans;

How does who we are shape the knowledge we produce? Doing collaborative research about personality disorders ~ Steve Gillard, Kati Turner and Marion Neffgen;

Where do service users’ knowledges sit in relation to professional and academic understandings of knowledge? ~ Peter Beresford and Kathy Boxall;

Recognition politics as a human rights perspective on service users’ experiences of involvement in mental health services ~ Lydia Lewis;

Theorising a social model of ‘alcoholism’: service users who misbehave ~ Patsy Staddon;

'Hard to reach’? Racialised groups and mental health service user involvement ~ Jayasree Kalathil;

Individual narratives and collective knowledge: capturing lesbian, gay and bisexual service user experiences ~ Sarah Carr;

Alternative futures for service user involvement in research ~ Hugh McLaughlin;

Brief reflections ~ Patsy Staddon.