The Design Rationale and Preliminary Evaluation of a Prototype Designed by People With Lived Experience of Psychosis and Professionals: Design Research Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experiences of mental distress are considered difficult to communicate, particularly experiences of psychosis. Research indicates that the frequently used medical focus falls short in capturing the nuanced interpersonal dynamics that these altered states may involve. Psychosis may seem very different from a lived experience perspective than it does from a traditional psychiatric perspective. This calls for innovative lived experience-based methodologies. This paper presents the development and preliminary evaluation of a design prototype co-designed to strengthen the role of people experiencing psychosis in the care process and describes its design rationale.

Objective

The aim of this research is 2-fold. First, this study aims to co-design, in partnership with peo

SUBMITTER: Veldmeijer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715466 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature