Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrés Estradé, Cecilia M Esposito, René Rosfort, Ilaria Basadonne, Milena Mancini, Giovanni Stanghellini, Jummy Otaiku, Oluwadamilola Olanrele, Lucas Allen, Muskan Lamba, Catherine Alaso, Judy Ieri, Margret Atieno, Yvonne Oluoch, Phides Ireri, Ephraim Tembo, Innocent Z Phiri, Duncan Nkhoma, Noah Sichone, Candy Siadibbi, Pharidah R I O Sundi, Nyathi Ntokozo, Laura Fusar-Poli, Valentina Floris, Martina M Mensi, Renato Borgatti, Stefano Damiani, Umberto Provenzani, Natascia Brondino, Ilaria Bonoldi, Joaquim Radua, Kate Cooper, Jae Il Shin, Samuele Cortese, Andrea Danese, Sarah Bendall, Celso Arango, Christoph U Correll, Mario Maj
We provide here the first bottom-up review of the lived experience of mental disorders in adolescents co-designed, co-conducted and co-written by experts by experience and academics. We screened first-person accounts within and outside the medical field, and discussed them in collaborative workshops involving numerous experts by experience - representing different genders, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and continents - and their family members and carers. Subsequently, the material was enriched by phenomenologically informed perspectives and shared with all collaborators...
June 2024: World Psychiatry: Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)