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ISPS-US 23rd Annual Conference | November 1-3, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh & Duquesne University | Pittsburgh, PA & Hybrid Online | Preliminary Schedule
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Dismantling Power Hierarchies and Rethinking Priorities: The Transformative Potential of Lived Experience Led 'Psychosis' Research (Hybrid)
Saturday November 2, 2024 9:45am - 11:15am EDT
Union Ballroom
Over the past decades, participatory methods and lived experience/service user involvement have gained substantial traction in mental health research and policy.  While the United States arguably lags well behind countries such as the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, there has nevertheless been a marked uptick in interest and investment in involvement.    Unfortunately, as a nominal emphasis on involvement grows, so too have tokenism and cooptation, mirroring longer-term trends in peer support.  This panel brings together three international leaders in the lived experience research space – Andrew Grundy (University of Manchester & University College London), Nev Jones (University of Pittsburgh) and Alison Branitsky (University of Manchester)—two of whom are based in the UK, in a panel that will reflect on the deeper, transformative value of lived experience leadership, the harms of cooptation, and the possibilities of work that truly reflects the values, methods and priorities of those historically marginalized in psychosis-relevant knowledge production.
Speakers
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Andrew Grundy, PhD

University College London
Dr Andrew Grundy is a Senior Lived Experience Research Fellow, and Deputy Director and Lived Experience Researcher Lead at the Policy Research Unit for Mental Health, University College London, UK. He is also a Lived Experience Researcher in the School of Health Sciences, University... Read More →
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Alison Branitsky

University of Manchester/Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Alison Branitsky is a lived-experience researcher and mental health advocate whose work focuses on broadening our understanding of and approaches to responding to extreme mental distress. She currently is a PhD student at the University of Manchester in the UK.
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Nev Jones, PhD

University of Pittsburgh
Nev Jones, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and affiliate faculty in psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. Grounded in direct experience of psychosis, her scholarship and clinical training work have sought to challenge conventional over-simplifications... Read More →
Saturday November 2, 2024 9:45am - 11:15am EDT
Union Ballroom
  Breakout Session, Hybrid

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