Lived experience should be centered in future mental health research, say people with mental health conditions and their families and carers in nationwide Australian survey (IMAGE)

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Lived experience should be centered in future mental health research, say people with mental health conditions and their families and carers in nationwide Australian survey

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This piece was inspired by the Alive National Centre's Annual Symposium 2024 Holistic Formations and including themes from dadirri (da-did-ee) meaning deep listening in the Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri languages of the Aboriginal peoples of the Daly River region (Northern Territory, Australia). Permission to listen with dadirri was sought from Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Foundation by the ALIVE National.

 

Deep listening and the colours that lie in our interconnectedness; colours only made possible by our different lived experiences. Even when we think we are isolated (blue), we are part of a larger strands and formations that make up the colourful big picture. The 'Kaleidoscope' layering of the piece hints at the presence of dimensions - nothing is as it flatly appears -- for example we can 'zoom' in and out of 'scale' to uncover new ways of seeing and doing.

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Julia Palfreyman, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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