FaCRAN’s research and advocacy priorities
FaCRAN’s research and advocacy priorities outline an agenda for addressing the urgent need for family carer-led and -focused mental health research based on six core research priorities. These priorities were identified at a round table by our members who are made up of advocates, community and government researchers, academics, and allies, the majority of whom have lived and living experience as carers and supporters of people experiencing mental distress.
This agenda reflects global challenges regarding the epistemic injustice inherent in the under-representation of carer knowledge in mental health research and practice and calls for further work that illuminates and centres lived experience and addresses the systemic issues carers face.
Click through our priorities below , you can also read an article about them here.
Carer lived experiences
This priority seeks to:
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document and promote the lived experience and support needs of diverse carers within and beyond mental health systems.
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Address carer invisibility and enhance the informal and formal supports offered to both families and consumers.
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Elevate understandings of carers’ diverse and intersectional experiences to address the marginalisation produced by systemic epistemic injustice, leading to better policy and practice outcomes.
