In 500 words provide a well-reasoned refection on: “The benefits that occur when health and social care practice is informed by lived experience.”
In your answer you should cite evidence from relevant literature, either from resources we have provided in the unit content or from literature you have independently accessed. Your reflection should include your understandings of what is meant by lived experience, how mental distress can impact the lives of those experiencing it; the benefits for health and social care students to receive education based upon lived experience of mental distress and how lived experience might inform your practice on clinical placement.