Sarah Hamilton
Sarah provides research coordination and support on a range of projects run independently by Rethink Mental Illness or in collaboration with external partners. She has a Masters in International Human Rights and has, in previous roles, carried out research in the criminal justice and immigration fields. Sarah is leading on various projects and activities around the role of mental health carers, including the development of the Carers Wellbeing and Support questionnaire.
Areas of expertise
- Support needs of mental health carers
- Service Users’ experience of stigma and tackling stigma and discrimination
- The relationship between debt and mental health
- Systematic literature review
Current projects
- Viewpoint Survey
- Debt and mental health literature review
- Helping inform nurse training for working with people with mental health problems
- The People Study
Selected publications
Hamilton, S., (forthcoming) Money and Service User Involvement in research, in Schrank, B. (ed.), Service User Involvement in Research
Hamilton, S. (2008) Educating Reefer: Effective health education and warnings on cannabis, Rethink Mental Illness
Hamilton, S., Quirk, A., Lamping, D., et al, (2007) The Art and Science of Questionnaire Development and Validation: Developing a Carer Well-being Measure, presented at the Mental Health Research Network’s National Scientific Conference, London, 2007
