Living Well with Psychosis

The Living Well with Psychosis programme supports work that focuses on people affected by psychosis, including those living with diagnoses like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder. We fund research and initiatives to improve mental health services, and we support community organisations providing complementary services.

Social deprivation, discrimination and racial trauma are all linked to an increased likelihood of developing a psychotic illness. In southeast London, rates of psychosis are up to two times higher than the UK national average, some of the highest rates in Europe with Black men and women disproportionately affected both in prevalence and and in their experience of mental health services and treatment.

We want people who are affected by psychosis to have better outcomes from treatment and care, have a say in what those outcomes are, and what they need to achieve them. That means better access to the right care for them, and support outside of the healthcare system to allow them to recover or live well with their illness.

We have committed £14m to funding two strands:

  1. Research and Services – open to applications from clinical and research teams at South London and Maudsley and King’s College London
  2. Community Support – open to community organisations providing much-needed services

Find out how you can apply for funding

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