Why lived-living experience matters
Our job is system reform. We work to improve Queensland’s mental health, alcohol and other drugs, and suicide prevention systems and services so they better meet people’s needs.
People with lived-living experience of mental health challenges, alcohol and other drug use, and suicide bring valuable expertise to our work. This expertise helps inform the planning and policy development of our whole-of-government plans.
View our strategies and plans.
Recognising lived-living experience
We recognise the individual and collective contribution of Queenslanders with lived-living experience of:
- mental health challenges
- alcohol and other drug use
- suicidal distress or suicide.
We recognise families, kin, unpaid carers and other unpaid supporters who play a fundamental role in supporting people with lived-living experience. We also recognise the lived experience of people bereaved by suicide.
Each person’s journey is unique. Together, these experiences provide valuable insights that help reform Queensland’s mental health, alcohol and other drugs, and suicide prevention systems. Lived-living experience is at the heart of our reform work. We recognise and value this expertise.
Leadership, governance and partnerships
We embed lived-living expertise through leadership, governance structures and strategic partnerships.
We have a team of people in designated Lived-Living Experience roles. They help embed Lived-Living Expertise in our work. They also lead specified lived-living experience projects.
Learn more about how we’re partnering with people with lived-living experience and our partnerships and stakeholders.