LEAP
The Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) is an expert resource for the research team and support to steer the project.
The Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) is an expert resource for the research team and support to steer the project.
It brings people with lived experience of severe mental health illnesses, and carers, to help as a critical panel supporting the decisions, adaptations and evaluations made in the whole process of the research.
The LEAP experience has been a common practice in the UK for many years, but a new concept in clinical work in India and Pakistan. Both countries are setting up local LEAP groups, which are formed of people who have recent and relevant lived experience of mental health challenges, carers of people who have recent and relevant experience of mental health challenges, clinicians/facilities staff who also share these lived experiences.
What does the LEAP do?
The LEAP provides ongoing feedback to improve the relevance, practicality, and influence of the research. This is done by:
Drawing on their own experience of and local knowledge about the study sites to advise and steer the researchers.
Advising on and assisting in recruitment and participation of people who use local services or participate in the research.
Making a contribution to any events at the study sites.
What does the LEAP do?
The LEAP provides ongoing feedback to improve the relevance, practicality, and influence of the research. This is done by:
Drawing on their own experience of and local knowledge about the study sites to advise and steer the researchers.
Advising on and assisting in recruitment and participation of people who use local services or participate in the research.
Making a contribution to any events at the study sites.