{"id":1129,"date":"2023-01-13T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T09:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/?page_id=1129"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:51:55","slug":"lived-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/?page_id=1129","title":{"rendered":"Lived experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1129\" class=\"elementor elementor-1129\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a0ed98e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a0ed98e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e0ecd4a\" data-id=\"5e0ecd4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d086d4c elementor-align-flex-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"2d086d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-breadcrumbs raven-breadcrumbs-default\"><p class=\"breadcrumb\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\"><span>Home<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e527544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e527544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7462dab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7462dab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lived experience\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5f6b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e5f6b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fff3026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fff3026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lived experience is a term which is increasingly used in the mental health and other social contexts. Lived experience means personal knowledge about the world gained through direct, first-hand involvement in everyday events. A person with lived experience in the mental health context is someone with past or present experience of a mental health condition, who has made use of some form of mental health service. People with lived experience are considered experts by experience within their diagnosis or health condition. They are well placed to contribute to policy and to become involved in advocacy initiatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b9c0b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"35b9c0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-155dac7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"155dac7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d81ec42\" data-id=\"4d81ec42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283bf343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"283bf343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FSS talk on lived experience and advocacy\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-618151d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"618151d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c0fcbf8\" data-id=\"5c0fcbf8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fda33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74fda33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104230.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104230.png 789w, https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104230-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104230-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104230-20x10.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-26ebebd0\" data-id=\"26ebebd0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d04139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d04139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #6f98e2;\"><b>Living successfully with schizophrenia: How I became a global mental health advocate<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Summary of a talk given by Charlene Sunkel, Global Mental Health Peer Network Founder and CEO, at the April 2022 online meeting of Family Support for Schizophrenia. Extracted from FSS newsletters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1893819a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1893819a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8_Lived-Experience_FSS-Topical-Talk_Charlene-Sunkel_Apr-2022-Living-Successfully.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea65c7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ea65c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2383c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2383c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lived experience and advocacy organisations\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-797fa8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"797fa8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-331c280\" data-id=\"331c280\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fddf9b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fddf9b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104301.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104301.png 821w, https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104301-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104301-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-104301-20x8.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ac70de\" data-id=\"3ac70de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a1c32b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a1c32b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #4843c9;\"><b><span style=\"color: #6f98e2;\">Global Mental Health Peer Network &#8211; GMHPN<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">GMHPN is an international organisation that builds capacity among people with lived experience of a mental health condition through empowerment, mentorship and support. Founded in&nbsp;South Africa by Charlene Sunkel, it is managed and run by persons with experience of psychosocial disabilities. Contributes widely to policy and discourse from the lived experience perspective. Inspirational stories. Interesting resources section.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1768f16 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1768f16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gmhpn.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe22783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4fe22783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7456f4f9 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7456f4f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/familysupport.org.za\/resources\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to topics<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Lived experience Lived experience is a term which is increasingly used in the mental health and other social contexts. 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