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Rachel Rowan Olive on multilingual voice-hearing

Rachel Rowan Olive is a research assistant with the QUAHRC and a survivor researcher using her experience of psychiatric systems to inform her work. In this blog she discusses presenting her applied linguistics research with multilingual voice-hearers to the South London and Maudsley Recovery College’s Research Club.

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Gemma McKenzie on human rights in childbirth

Dr Gemma McKenzie is an ESRC postdoctoral fellow at King’s, where she works on creative methods and violence in the medical treatment of pregnancy and childbirth. This follows her PhD study of freebirthing – deciding to give birth without input from clinicians – in the UK. In this blog post she discusses how she came to be producing an art exhibition titled “Threads of protest” coming up next year.

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Sian Oram on creative workshops with coercive control survivors

Sian, who directs the Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network, discusses a day of workshops exploring survivors’ priorities around coercive control.

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Grace Lavelle and Hannah Jones on exploring the psychosocial needs of people living with long-term conditions

Grace and Hannah discuss how qualitative research laid the foundations for a new online peer support platform for those with long term health conditions.

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Angie Sweeney and Lois Parri on a collaborative art exhibition

Dr Angie Sweeney and Lois Parri reflect on using an art exhibition to share the work of survivor artists and encourage sensitive conversations about abuse.

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Bryher Bowness on co-producing guidance for researchers and the public on involving carers in research

Bryher reflects on her experience as part of an NIHR Carer’s Steering Group which has recently coproduced a ‘Top Tips’ resource about carer involvement in research.

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Gracie Tredget on integrating physical and mental healthcare

Gracie talks about a qualitative evaluation of physical healthcare in adult community mental health teams within a South London Mental Health Trust.

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Emma Maynard on the Family Stories project

Emma Maynard reflects on how the Family Stories project is helping to find sustainable approaches to trauma-informed, responsive parenting

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A long, straight road disappears into the distance through a flat dessert, mountains loom in the distance

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Siofra Peeren, Survivors Voices & The Flying Child – Perspectives on trauma-informed public engagement workshops

Síofra, Jane, and Sophie share their reflections on conducting and taking part in trauma-informed public engagement workshops

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Elsa Montgomery – Co-producing online resources for maximum impact

Elsa reflects on co-producing an online resource to help prepare survivors of CSA for pregnancy, birth and parenthood

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Kylee Trevillion – A reflection on using co-production approaches in mental health research

Kylee reflects on how a co-production approach resulted in a richer and more impactful study

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