Lived
ExPERIENCE
in MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH.
Lived experience is not a box to tick:
it's what breaks out of box-ticking to focus on what really matters.
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on lived experience in mental health research aims to reflect on the history and evolution of lived experience involvement, assess existing knowledge and identify gaps, establish key principles, explore difference and debate, provide recommendations, and propose next steps for the field.
The Commission is led by Traumascapes and the Service User Research Enterprise at King's College London, in partnership with the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, with funding and support from Wellcome.
THE PROCESS
March 2024
WE LAUNCH
We announce the Commission and we recruit a Lived Experience Advisory Board to help us shape and guide the project. It's getting real and we're getting excited!
2024-2025
WE CREATE
We agree on values and approaches, we define key content and author groups, we hold workshops, and we write, write,
review, erase, write, and write some more.
We make artwork for what can't be said through words.
2026
WE MAKE NOISE
We launch the Commission into the world
and we make sure it is loud and clear that lived expertise is steering the mental health research ship forward and everyone is welcome aboard.
2021-2024
WE PUT THINGS IN MOTION
We visualise something big and we take 1,739,085 small steps towards making it happen.
Spring 2024
WE TEAM UP
We build our crew with experts in the field from across the world. We do a happy dance and we get to work.
End of 2025
WE EDIT
We bring everything together, we edit, and we submit our work to peer review. We reflect on the journey, we celebrate, and we catch up on sleep.
CONTACT
Do you have questions, comments, resource suggestions, or ideas to share? Get in touch with us!
You can use the contact box or email Lou (they/them) at: lou@traumascapes.org
