Lived and Living Experience strategy

Lived and Living Experience (LLE) is defined as ‘mental health challenges that have caused life as we knew it to change so significantly, we have to reimagine and redefine ourselves, our place in the world and our future plans' (Byrne, L & Wykes, T 2020). Embracing LLE is essential for the future of psychiatry.

The RANZCP has developed a Lived and Living Experience (LLE) strategy to provide a systematic approach to embedding LLE expertise into the College. By doing so, the College strives to achieve excellence and equity in mental healthcare, foster community trust and confidence in psychiatry and deliver effective, compassionate, relational, evidence-based psychiatric care accessible to all.

This RANZCP publication has been co-created and co-designed, a partnering between those with LLE; Consumers, Carers, family/kin/whānau, and, the RANZCP.