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Webinar Description
This talk presents insights from the PIECEs project, a four-year initiative aimed at improving community-based care for people living with psychosis in Karachi, Pakistan, and Chennai, India. PIECEs placed people with lived experience at the centre of research and system strengthening—working with them not just as participants, but as co-creators of knowledge and change. Through innovative participatory methods—including lived experience advisory panels (LEAP), Theatre of the Oppressed, SALT/CLCP dialogues, and frontline-led quality improvement—PIECEs tested what inclusive, culturally grounded care can look like in under-resourced mental health systems. The session will explore how these methods were implemented, what they achieved, and challenges encountered along the way.
Presenter Bio
Professor Victoria Bird is Head of the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London. Her research focuses on community-based mental healthcare, especially arts-based and engagement methods across Latin America, South Asia, Europe, and Africa. Professor Bird leads several international research programs funded by prestigious bodies, including NIHR, MRC, and the Wellcome Trust. She also advises various funding agencies and works closely with clinical services to develop interventions that improve quality of life for people with mental illness.
