What Matters Most
Recovery is about more than symptoms.
It’s about living a life that matters to you.
What Matters Most is a lived experience-led platform for people who have experienced psychosis. It brings together practical information, psychosocial resources and local support around the things that matter most in personal recovery.
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Recovery means different things to different people
Mental health services often focus on clinical recovery, such as reducing symptoms or preventing relapse. Personal recovery is broader. It is about building a meaningful and satisfying life, including when some experiences or symptoms continue.
That might mean relationships, independence, work or education, belonging, confidence, hope, or something completely different.
There is no single path to recovery. What matters is what recovery means to you.
Inspired by lived experience
The idea for What Matters Most was inspired by lived experience involvement in the INTREPID research project, where people who had experienced psychosis in diverse settings in India, Nigeria and Trinidad were asked which recovery outcomes mattered most to them.
What Matters Most grew from this idea and has evolved into its own dedicated platform.
Today, the platform is initiated and led by people with lived experience, who help decide its priorities, content and direction. Researchers provide support and expertise where useful, and the community helps moderate and shape the platform as it develops.
- King’s College London IoPPN Digital Seed FundFunder
- Dr Thara RangaswamySchizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai
- Jessica SatchellKing’s College, London
- Charlene SunkelCentral INTREPID Lived Experience Lead
- Ganesh N RajanINTREPID Lived Experience Lead for India
- Maria O’BrienINTREPID Lived Experience Lead for Trinidad
- Terver ChiesheINTREPID Lived Experience Lead for Ibadan
- Abirami BSchizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India
- Sarika RSchizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India
- Tharun KumarSchizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India
- Imran Ali NawaziAmadeus Web, Chennai, India
- Ekalavya Foundation for Mental HealthPune, India
- Schizophrenia Research FoundationChennai, India
Resources for what matters to you
Explore psychosocial resources, practical information and links to support based around the areas of recovery that are important to you.
Practical information
Plain-language guidance for everyday decisions and next steps.
Psychosocial resources
Support beyond symptoms — coping, connection and meaning.
Local support
Links to services and community support near you.
Some information, particularly locally relevant information about services and support, may be generated with the help of AI. We believe you should always know where your information comes from, so content is clearly labelled:
Human-created
Created or developed by people.
AI-assisted
AI has been used to help create the information.
What matters most to you?
You choose what recovery means to you. We help you find resources that support it.