Patient and Public Involvement, Engagement and Dissemination
Cross-Cutting Workstream 6
The Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry has been built upon stories from those with lived experience who have highlighted the need for increased understanding of the link between severe mental illness (SMI), medications and metabolic health, as well as the need for acceptable metabolic interventions that have been developed and tested in collaboration with people with lived experience.
Through this cross-cutting workstream, we will ensure that such the priorities of people with lived experience are at the heart of all of our research. We are committed to meaningful, impactful and measurable input from people with lived experience at every stage of the research process.
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“The need to address the rapid weight gain when taking antipsychotics and during the depression phase of illness.”
“The need for new treatments including adjunctive treatments alongside medication.”
“The need for increased understanding among patients of how metabolic health interfaces with SMI and which health markers are most relevant to cardiovascular risk.”
- The Lived Experience Advisory Panel on Hub Priorities
Workstream Activities
Workstream 6 is co-led by Dr Iain Campbell at the University of Edinburgh and Dr Annabel Walsh at The McPin Foundation, both with lived experience themselves. At the heart of the workstream, is the Hub Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP), a diverse group of 9 people with lived experience of SMI and reduced metabolic health. This group meets online every three months to provide input into the entire programme of Hub activities, including our own within-workstream activities as follows: