Latest member blogs

Lived Experience Washing

Laura

9 April 2025

The Possibility of a Lived Experience Industrial Complex

Charli Clement

3 April 2025

Referring to your lived experience without self-reflection and accountability

C. C. da Cunha Lewin

26 March 2025
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Madness, Queerness, & The State: The History of LGBTQ Mental Health in the UK (NSUN Workshop)

30th April 2025, 3.00–5.00pm, Zoom What does it mean to transition in the UK today when NHS gender clinics were… more

9 April 2025

Labour’s Disability benefit reforms: What they are and what to do about them

At the time of writing, the proposals discussed are not in effect. There are no immediate changes to your benefits. … more

3 April 2025

Why the mental health sector should be doing more to protect trans rights 

A call to action from NSUN, co-signed by: Centre for Mental Health, The McPin Foundation, Mental Health First Aid England®,… more

31 March 2025
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Latest research and publications

The Shape of Safety (2024)

This document is a guide to reimagining safety and safeguarding alongside young people with experience of mental ill-health, trauma and… more

The language of the mental health lived experience landscape (2024)

At NSUN, we are interested in exploring what regularly-used language around mental health and the survivor/service user movement means to… more

Menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings (2024)

This report explores experiences of menstruation within psychiatric inpatient settings. It highlights that patients in psychiatric hospitals are often insufficiently… more

Exploring “community” and the mental health lived experience landscape (2024)

This report explores the meaning of “community” in the mental health lived experience landscape. It explores whether those with lived… more

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