experts by experience – A New Vision for Mental Health

Not My Words, Not My Story by Julia Buxton

Author: Editorial 2nd August 2023 0 Comments

This article has been published in Asylum magazine. It begins: “One of the first things that struck me when I entered mental health services was how little interest staff took in me describing my experiences or how I felt. I couldn’t…
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Asylum Magazine, Clients & Patients, depression, eating disorders, experts by experience, Julia Buxton, listening, lived experiences, suicide

Expert-by-experience in psychiatric research and abstract science

Author: Editorial 6th July 2023 0 Comments

This 1 hour video come from Sam Fellowes, who says: “‘How the lived experience of experts-by-experience relates to the abstract nature of science’. I consider how we should understand lived experience in psychiatric research given that science involves abstractions which…
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We often discuss why lived experience improves research quality, but what about the ‘how’?

Author: Editorial 8th January 2021 0 Comments

This article has been written by Rachel Temple (Public Involvement in Research Manager at the McPin Foundation). It begins: “When I first discovered the ‘Trainee Researcher’ job vacancy at McPin back in 2017, I was immediately attracted. I’d been on the…
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Lived experience of mental health: Benefit or hindrance?

Author: Editorial 28th August 2020 0 Comments

“Lived experience of poor mental health matters for representation, so why do some think otherwise? Michelle Jamieson explains… “ This article on the website of theGIST (the Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology) has been written by Michelle Jamieson. It begins: “Lived experience…
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experts by experience, Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology, lived experience of mental health, Michelle Jamieson, peer research, peer support