PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Isabel O.L. Bacellar
AU  - Geneviève Morin
AU  - Sylvanne Daniels
AU  - Gustavo Turecki
AU  - Lena Palaniyappan
AU  - Martin Lepage
TI  - Opening up mental health research
AID  - 10.1503/jpn.220199
DP  - 2023 May 30
TA  - Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
PG  - E209--E216
VI  - 48
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jpn.ca/content/48/3/E209.short
4100  - http://jpn.ca/content/48/3/E209.full
SO  - JPN2023 May 30; 48
AB  - Open science provides a compelling framework for accelerating global collaborations and enabling discoveries to understand and treat mental health disorders. Herein, we discuss the advantages and obstacles to adopting open science in mental health research, considering the particularities of sensitive and diverse data types, the potential of co-designing projects with research participants and the opportunity of amplifying open science by integration with mental health care. We present a practical example of how this landscape may be navigated to adopt open science across an entire research centre, in 5 steps, namely leadership committing to open science; finding models, resources and allies; identifying needs; defining open science principles; and putting principles into practice. We derive lessons learned that can be built upon by researchers and research organizations joining the open science movement in mental health.