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SRN Discussion and Support Group Meetings 2023
Our next Discussion and Support Group meeting is on Wednesday 10 May. These online meetings offer a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss survivor research and the issues and barriers we face in getting involved in...
SRN Feedback Survey
Please complete our feedback survey. In 2022, the SRN was awarded a small amount of funding from the National Lottery Fund 'Awards for All' scheme to promote survivor research, and provide mentoring to people interested in getting involved in...
Crafting Contention through MadZines
Crafting Contention through MadZines - recording of the presentation at our April 2022 Discussion and Support Group H.Spandler gave an overview of the MadZines project, a 3 year research project exploring the role of zines in ‘crafting contention’...
The Survivor Researcher as Trickster – experiential knowledge in research
‘The survivor researcher as ‘trickster’? Critical reflections on the role of experiential knowledge within academic research in mental health’ We are posting a video recording of the presentation given by Dina Poursanidou at our Discussion and...
January 2023 Discussion and Support Group
Developing research methods resources - democratising research Our January meeting is at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 18th January, via Zoom. You can register here. These online meetings offer a space for people with lived experience of mental...
December SRN Discussion and Support Group
'The survivor researcher as ‘trickster’? Critical reflections on the role of experiential knowledge within academic research in mental health' For this meeting, on Thursday 15 December at 17.30-19.00, we have a presentation from SRN Director, Dina...
Dilemmas in doing survivor research
"‘Last night I was shot, you were shot too’: Ethical, political and methodological dilemmas in doing survivor research in mental health". This presentation was given by Konstantina (Dina) Poursanidou, PhD at a seminar in Cork on 18 November 2022....
Critical Perspective Mental Health Conference 2022
This year's hybrid conference is on 16 and 17 November 2022 entitled "Critical Perspectives on the Lived Experience of Distress and Mental Health Services" "Lived experience of distress and mental health services is increasingly identified as...
November SRN Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is on Tuesday 22nd November at 17.30-19.00. These meetings offer a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss survivor research and the issues and barriers we face in...
October Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is on Thursday 20 October at 17.30-19.00. This meeting will provide an opportunity to raise your own research related support needs and topics for discussion. These meetings offer a space for...
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