Inequalities and Social Inclusion

Social Inclusion

Wider societal influences on health outcomes are a key consideration in my approach to research in health and healthcare, supported by a PhD in social inclusion and gender and in people experiencing psychosis, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Health inequalities and social influences on health have been a key feature in a number of my recent projects, such as an evaluation of the UK government’s 10-year drug strategy (D-SITAR), with a focus on the role of the Housing Support Grant to improve housing needs and for people who use treatment and recovery services.

Publications

Eager, S., Lloyd-Evans, B., Bousfield, J., Downey, M., Harrison, I., Killaspy, H., & Mezey, G. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to social inclusion among people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study. PLOS Mental Health, 2(4), e0000137.
Mezey, G., White, S., Harrison, I., Bousfield, J., Killaspy, H., Lloyd-Evans, B., & Payne, S. (2022). Modelling social exclusion in a diagnostically-mixed sample of people with severe mental illness. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 68(2), 420-428.
Mezey, G., White, S., Harrison, I., Bousfield, J., Lloyd-Evans, B., Payne, S., & Killaspy, H. (2020). Validity, reliability, acceptability, and utility of the Social Inclusion Questionnaire User Experience (SInQUE): a clinical tool to facilitate social inclusion amongst people with severe mental health problems. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 55, 953-964.