Using the Citizenship framework to Inform Recovery Pathways for People with Lived Experience of Mental Health Challenges.
About the project
The LiveCitizenship project, funded by the 2024 Knowledge Generation Projects call of the State Research Agency, aims to empower individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges, including current service users, peer support workers, and anti-stigma first-person activists. Through a participatory research process, the project applies the Citizenship framework — based on the “5Rs”: rights, responsibilities, roles, resources, and relationships — to transform these theoretical concepts into practical tools and digital strategies. Our goal is to strengthen recovery pathways towards full societal membership, fostering autonomy and social inclusion.
Project objectives
- Explore the applicability of the citizenship framework in shaping recovery pathways through co-design workshops with individuals with lived experience.
- Implement a peer-led training and awareness programme to empower participants and improve recovery outcomes.
- Co-design and validate a reflective tool integrating the citizenship framework and Artificial Intelligence to evaluate personalised recovery trajectories.
- Measure the impact of the training programme and reflective tool on participants’ citizenship, empowerment, and recovery outcomes.
- Disseminate findings to stakeholders, including service users, families, and professionals, to promote the adoption of citizenship-based practices.
Phases and Envisaged Results
- Co-design Workshops: Direct collaboration with participants (service users, activists, and peer support workers) to adapt the citizenship framework to real-world needs and define the content for training and tools.
- Peer-led Training Programme: Based on the TLC3 principles (targeted, local, credible, and continuous contact), where activists and peer support workers deliver training to encourage participants to manage their rights and roles in the community.
- Recovery Trajectory Reflective Tool: Development of a practical workbook and an AI-powered chatbot informed by real narratives to help users reflect on and reshape their recovery journeys.
- Feasibility and Evaluation Studies: Implementation of experimental designs and pilot studies to validate the effectiveness and usability of the developed tools.
Join our initiative!
We are seeking individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges, peer support workers, and activists to participate in our co-design workshops and training programmes. If you wish to be part of this shift towards a recovery model based on citizenship and rights, please contact us.
Our team
- Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa: Principal Investigator.
- Diana González-Mañas: Coordination and execution of workshops and the co-design process.
- Anna Ballesteros-Urpi: Liaison with the mental health care system.
- Michael Rowe (Yale University): Scientific advisor.