India – India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA) held a 90-minute consultation with members explored integrating Lived Exper…

India – India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA) held a 90-minute consultation with members explored integrating Lived Experience Expertise (LEE) into mental health programming, yielding key insights on ethical, inclusive system design. 🧠 Spotlight on Experience Experts Founding members Dr. Kavita Arora and Neha Kirpal opened with personal reflections, emphasizing LEE's power to drive co-design, financial recognition, and leadership roles, shifting from stories to systemic evidence. Organizations like Ekjut and Schizophrenia Awareness Association showcased locally grounded models proving experience experts transform care. 🧠 Actionable Needs Forward Participants called for simplified research training, participatory tools, tech upskilling, wellbeing budgets, and solutions for minors/legal hurdles. Experience experts bridge lived insights to policy, essential for responsive mental health systems.