Table 1

Academic experts from semistructured interviews* (n=9)

Academic	Gender	Academic role	Country	Patient safety in mental health academic expertise
				Publications	Experience in the field (years)†	Established reputation topic area
				Publications	Experience in the field (years)†	Preventing suicide	Management of self-harm	Reducing coercive practice	General patient safety in mental health
Academic 1	Female	Associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences	USA	25	36	X
Academic 2	Male	Professor of psychiatry	England	100+	25	X	X
Academic 3	Male	Adjunct associate professor of psychiatry	USA	21	17	X
Academic 4	Male	Senior lecturer	England	10	30	X	X
Academic 5	Male	Deputy medical director	Scotland	10+	10				X
Academic 6	Male	Professor of nursing	Bahrain/Ireland	15+	20				X
Academic 7	Male	Professor of mental health	England	10+	30				X
Academic 8	Female	Associate professor of mental health nursing	Australia	15	16				X
Academic 9	Female	Professor of mental health nursing	England	30+	25+				X