Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy

Objective Despite gains in research knowledge, self-injury remains unduly and widely stigmatised. This can preclude people with lived experience from playing active and important roles in the field. In this paper, we discuss how people with lived experience can offer vital contributions in this rega...

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Main Authors: Penelope Hasking, Amanda Aiyana, Sophie Haywood, Kassandra Hon, Katrina Hon, Sylvanna Mirichlis, Kirsty Stewart, Adrienne Wilmot, Stephen P. Lewis
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Australian Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00049530.2025.2456728
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Amanda Aiyana
Sophie Haywood
Kassandra Hon
Katrina Hon
Sylvanna Mirichlis
Kirsty Stewart
Adrienne Wilmot
Stephen P. Lewis
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Amanda Aiyana
Sophie Haywood
Kassandra Hon
Katrina Hon
Sylvanna Mirichlis
Kirsty Stewart
Adrienne Wilmot
Stephen P. Lewis
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description Objective Despite gains in research knowledge, self-injury remains unduly and widely stigmatised. This can preclude people with lived experience from playing active and important roles in the field. In this paper, we discuss how people with lived experience can offer vital contributions in this regard.Method Position paper based on narrative review.Results According to the current and especially recent literature in the field, people with lived experience of self-injury can play significant roles as researchers, educators, clinicians, and advocates.Conclusion Given the unique perspectives and strength people with lived experience of self-injury have to offer, their contributions to the field need to be harnessed and championed. This requires concerted efforts to address stigma and otherwise unhelpful discourses. In doing so, a more inclusive field with greater representation of people with lived experience can be realised. This, in turn, is conducive to advancing our understanding of self-injury and promoting the wellbeing of all people with such lived experience.
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spelling doaj-art-b54b975b0dac4043b97247d45c7a973a2025-02-03T00:09:04ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAustralian Journal of Psychology0004-95301742-95362025-12-0177110.1080/00049530.2025.2456728Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacyPenelope Hasking0Amanda Aiyana1Sophie Haywood2Kassandra Hon3Katrina Hon4Sylvanna Mirichlis5Kirsty Stewart6Adrienne Wilmot7Stephen P. Lewis8School of Population Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Allied Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Population Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Population Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Population Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Population Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Population Health, Curtin UniversitySchool of Population Health, Curtin UniversityDepartment of Psychology, University of GuelphObjective Despite gains in research knowledge, self-injury remains unduly and widely stigmatised. This can preclude people with lived experience from playing active and important roles in the field. In this paper, we discuss how people with lived experience can offer vital contributions in this regard.Method Position paper based on narrative review.Results According to the current and especially recent literature in the field, people with lived experience of self-injury can play significant roles as researchers, educators, clinicians, and advocates.Conclusion Given the unique perspectives and strength people with lived experience of self-injury have to offer, their contributions to the field need to be harnessed and championed. This requires concerted efforts to address stigma and otherwise unhelpful discourses. In doing so, a more inclusive field with greater representation of people with lived experience can be realised. This, in turn, is conducive to advancing our understanding of self-injury and promoting the wellbeing of all people with such lived experience.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00049530.2025.2456728Self-injuryNSSIlived experience
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Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy
Australian Journal of Psychology
Self-injury
NSSI
lived experience
title Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy
title_full Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy
title_fullStr Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy
title_full_unstemmed Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy
title_short Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy
title_sort voices for change inclusion of lived experience self injury research practice education and advocacy
topic Self-injury
NSSI
lived experience
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00049530.2025.2456728
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