The public mental health revolution must privilege lived experience voices and create alliances with affected communities

In a new editorial in World Psychiatry, Prof. Helen L. Fisher discusses how public health must recognise the influence of social circumstances and experiences and calls for lived experience to be at the centre of this revolution.

Fisher argues that the design, delivery and evaluation of primary mental health prevention and promotion strategies and interventions should at the very least be informed by those most affected by the social and mental ill-health inequalities, and preferably involve those with lived experience in equal partnership.

Furthermore, she makes the case that engaging and partnering with marginalised and minoritised people from local communities and community-based organisations leads to more effective preventive interventions that are accessible, acceptable, inclusive and engaging.

Read the editorial: World Psychiatry.