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Dear Mental Health Professionals – You Need People With Lived Experience On Your Team. Here’s Why.
Dear researchers, clinicians, and other professionals who work with people who experience psychosis, My name is Katie and I have been living with schizoaffective disorder since 2008. And you need people like me. I don’t mean as patients or research subjects or consumers of any kind. I mean as a fellow professional. Because my lived experience, and that of others, can change the way we look at and treat those living with psychosis. I can give you insights you can’t find anywhere but the minds of those living with psychosis. I’ve been a psychosis advocate for years. I’ve worked independently, as an ambassador for NAMI Chicago, and, most recently, as…