Upcoming events

Workshop series: Participatory Research in Psychosis

As part of the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Psychosis in Global Context and the SIRS Research Harmonisation Group, a series of panels and workshops will be organised to explore different aspects of involvement of people with lived experience in research.
Overview
Panellists from a range of backgrounds will reflect on:
  1. the process of having been involved in large collaborations as people with lived experience,
  2. the process of involving people with lived experience in research by using participatory or engaged approaches,
  3. critical analysis of research concepts and methods from both lived experience and multidisciplinary perspectives.
​A final workshop will focus specifically on building researcher capacity in meaningful inclusion.

Audience
These webinars are targeted at all academic and non-academic stakeholders, and specifically includes:
  • Individuals with lived experience of psychosis who wish to be more involved in or engaged with research and do not have any prior research training;
  • Researchers who do not have a formal background in participatory methods and would like to learn more about meaningful inclusion.

Aims
Attendees are expected to:
  • Deepen their appreciation for the importance of robust lived experience involvement in research
  • Better understand challenges associated with ensuring that involvement is impactful and non-tokenistic
  • Gain a deeper understanding of the limitations of a range of research designs and approaches to outcomes measurement
  • Strengthen critical engagement with research concepts and methods in the field of mental health and/or psychosis 

Schedule
Workshops will be held monthly via Zoom and Facebook live (through the Global Mental Health Peer Network profile). Note that sessions are independent, so it is not required to attend prior sessions to follow a session's content. See the full schedule below:

Experiences of non-academic service users collaborating in research projects
Speakers: Charlene Sunkel, Eleni Misganaw, Benon Kabale and Jagannath Lamichhane 
When? Wednesday September 21st 2022 at 2pm BST
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at researchers interested in participatory research
Passcode: xY$Ld11u

Participatory and community engaged methods in Latin America
Speakers: Franco Mascayano and Cristian Montenegro
When? Tuesday November 1st 2022 at 1pm GMT (London)
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at researchers interested in participatory research
Passcode: 2MTT+3Gn

How to spot bad science: A mini crash-course for non-researchers
Speakers: Els van der Ven and Tessa Roberts
When? Tuesday November 29th 2022 at 1pm GMT
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at individuals with lived experience
Passcode: aJP^.@j6

​Up next

Participatory and community engaged methods in South Asia
Speaker: Vandana Gopikumar and more
When? Wednesday February 15th 2023 at 1pm GMT
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at researchers interested in participatory research

Perspectives on the measurement of outcomes and impacts
Speaker: TBC
When? Wednesday February 22nd 2023 at 2pm GMT
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at individuals with lived experience

Participatory and community engaged methods in Africa
Speaker: TBC
When? Wednesday March 22nd 2023 at 2pm GMT
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at researchers interested in participatory research

Participatory and community engaged methods with Middle Eastern populations
Speaker: TBC
When? Wednesday April 19th 2023 at 1pm GMT
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at researchers interested in participatory research

Workshop on participatory methods
Speaker: Ying Ying Lee, Veenu Gupta and Nev Jones
When? Wednesday May 17th 2023 at 1pm GMT
Who? All welcome, mainly aimed at researchers interested in participatory research

Past events

Mental Health For All: Putting psychosis on the Global Mental Health agenda
June 29th at 2pm BST

See the event notes and recording following this link.