The Design Rationale and Preliminary Evaluation of a Prototype Designed by People With Lived Experience of Psychosis and Professionals: Design Research Study

This study presents a lived experience-based, co-designed prototype that can be positioned as a potential boundary object, along with its design rationale. Preliminary test results suggest that In Picture Approach can foster meaningful dialogue between client-professional dyads, support clients' self-exploration, and provide professionals with new perspectives on their clients. Although tested on a small scale, the results suggest its potential as a supportive tool within recovery-oriented care; however, broader and longer-term evaluation will be required to establish its contribution to personalized care planning. The co-design approach stimulated lived experience leadership by giving real decision-making power to people with lived experience of psychosis. Most importantly, this paper shows why it matters to make design rationales explicit in a field where they are often missing.