I'm nearing the end of my term as Co-Lead for 'Lived experience & Public Involvement' in the Division of Nursing, Midwifery, & Social Work at the University of Manchester. Here is our final report on the implementation of LPI frameworks across the Division: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) The implementation of 'Lived experience and Public Involvement' frameworks across the Division of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Work

PDF | In this research report we describe the implementation of four key frameworks to enhance ‘involvement’ practice in research across the different... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Back home following an exciting time presenting at a conference organised by the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health! I spoke on 'Paid Mental HealthPeer-Support Workers in the UK' based on our work with @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social to inform the implementation of peer-support across Portugal!

If you serve on a Research Ethics Committee please read our editorial: 'Recovery Philosophy, Mental Health Nursing Research and the Challenge of Paternalism in Research Ethics Committees' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

If you're involved in training Public Involvement Contributors with lived experience for #Involvement in #research, you might find the findings of our new paper informative!

Dr Andrew Grundy PhD@acgrundy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨 Publication alert!! Absolutely delighted to say that our paper 'Evaluation of a 'Research Methods' Training Course for Novice Lived Experience Researchers' has just been published! Please check out: doi.org/10.1111/hex....

🚨 Publication alert!! Absolutely delighted to say that our paper 'Evaluation of a 'Research Methods' Training Course for Novice Lived Experience Researchers' has just been published! Please check out: doi.org/10.1111/hex....

Evaluation of a ‘Research Methods’ Training Course for Novice Lived Experience Researchers

Background The training of lived experience researchers (LERs) for involvement in research design and conduct is a key principle to its success. However, little is known about what research methods ...

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Thrilled to have trained another cohort of service users & carers in Research Methods! Thanks to @m-ricresearch.bsky.social for commissioning us again. Also, super excited to announce our paper evaluating the training course has been accepted for publication!

Really thrilled to have this First Person Account published in Schizophrenia Bulletin! 'Moments of Regaining “Insight”—An Unrecognized Trauma' #MentalHealth #Schizophrenia #psychosis #trauma academic.oup.com/schizophreni...

Moments of Regaining “Insight”—An Unrecognized Trauma

I have periods where I totally “lose insight” into my mental health condition (I have been given a diagnosis of schizophrenia) and fail to recognize its ef

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Was absolutely thrilled to give a keynote this afternoon at the British Academy event at LSBU for Early Career Researchers on 'Disrupting power & privilege: strategies for change' using examples from @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social & from my own lived experience!

The media play a huge role in perpetuating #stigma, especially news reporting about violence/homicide & #schizophrenia/#psychosis. Lazy reporting causes real harm to those of us who live with this!! #WorldSchizophreniaDay

🚨 Publication alert Really thrilled to say that I've a new paper out on 'The traumas of hostile voice-hearing experiences in the context of acute psychiatric admissions: a lived experience testimony' www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) The traumas of hostile voice-hearing experiences in the context of acute psychiatric admissions: a lived experience testimony

PDF | In this paper, Dr. Andrew C. Grundy (a lived experience researcher who has been given a diagnosis of “schizophrenia”) gives testimony to his... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

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Really thrilled to be training another cohort of service users & carers in our '#Research Methods for Lived Experience & Public Involvement Researchers' course. Fantastic first day together!

Reminder that there's no independent research into the physical & psychological safety of digital observation or on the ethics & acceptability of its implementation. 'Filming me sleep on ward made my mental health worse' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Call for Oxevision cameras to be banned in mental health patients' bedrooms

Former mental health patients are worried camera surveillance is being used without explicit consent.

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Peer support in mental health webinar 2.00-4.30pm GMT, Mon 20 Jan Tickets going fast! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-suppo... With @soniajohnson1.bsky.social @acgrundy.bsky.social Steve Gillard, Una Foye, Ruth Cooper, Natasha Lyons & Members of the UCL Co-Production Collective.

Peer Support in Mental Health webinar: Evidence, Experiences & Insights

Explore the role of peer support in mental health & gain fresh insights into the current national landscape, guided by compelling research.

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Am getting this message out there early - Mon 20th Jan #BlueMonday (aka the most 'depressing' day of the year) is not only complete #pseudoscience, it also propagates a definition of #depression & its treatment that trivialises & thereby stigmatises it. IMHO activists should steer well clear of it!

Christmas can be tough. That's why it's important to know there's always someone you can talk to.

Introducing myself here, I'm Andrew, I wrote something of my 'backstory' in a book chapter, giving some insight into my own lived experience & my position as a Lived Experience Researcher. Please check out: www.researchgate.net/publication/...