Mental health knowledge built by service users and survivors
Welcome to the Survivor Researcher Network (SRN)
The Survivor Researcher Network is a UK based user-controlled network for mental health service users and survivors with an interest in research.
Previously hosted by NSUN, we are now an independent network and Community Interest Company. We continue to to develop the SRN as a network for survivor researchers and others with lived experience of mental distress who are interested or involved in research. We also seek funding to undertake research, and offer mentoring, training and consultancy.
This is a developing website which aims to provide survivor research resources, articles, and news. We welcome feedback.
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Featured News and SRN events
Polarised mental health politics and the struggle for ambivalence
A recording is now available of of this 22 March workshop with Konstantina Poursanidou PhD - "And the Activists tell us that Meds are Evil: Polarised mental health politics and the struggle for...
SRN session at NSUN 2021 agm
A recording of our session at the NSUN 2021 AGM is now available. The session was entitled Survivor Researchers: What do we bring? After a short introduction to SRN, Dina Poursanidou delivered a...
SRN Discussion and Support Group 13 January
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30-19.30 on Thursday 13th January 2022. This is a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss survivor research...
SRN given Awards for All funding
Survivor Researcher Network C.I.C. has been awarded £10,000 funding from the Community Fund. This Awards for All grant will enable us to develop our Discussion and Support Group with regular monthly...
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Covid-19 and Co-production
Covid-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy and Practice - editors, Peter Beresford, Oli Williams, and others Two open access books available free to download."This...
Uncovering the emotional labour of involvement and co-production
Article exploring ‘the emotional labour of involvement and co-production in mental health research as experienced by service user/survivor researchers and research managers.” by Alison Faulkner...