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My name is Skye and I am Noongar / Yamigi born in Perth. My mum is Yamagi born in Mount Magnet. I was given the name Skye Faith because my mum loved the sky and all it’s seasons. She felt that the sky connected her with hope and faith.

I was 15 when I began to struggle with anxiety and depression. It started when we became homeless. I used to love school. I was never late but homelessness changed all that. I am 19 now.

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Lived Experience Consultation Group

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The Chief Psychiatrist’s Lived Experience Consultation Group (LECG) was formed in August 2025 and is co-chaired by Dr Emma Crampin, Deputy Chief Psychiatrist, and Patricia Tran, Lived Experience Consultant.

The LECG supports the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist by providing advice grounded in lived experiences and human rights principles. This advice reflects the voices of consumers, family, significant others and other communities with a lived experience of mental health, and mental health service use across the mental health service sector.

The LECG specifically provides advice to the Chief Psychiatrist as part of the review of the Chief Psychiatrist’s standards and guidelines.

LECG Establishment

Establishment of the LECG was announced on 16 May 2025. Following an Expression of Interest, formal application and interview process, eight people were appointed to the to the group, inclusive of emerging Lived Experience leaders.

The members represent diverse Lived Experience across the mental health sector including adult, youth, child and adolescent, and older adult mental health services. Their perspectives reflect care delivered in inpatient, community, and emergency settings across metropolitan and rural Western Australia, including experiences of treatment under the Mental Health Act 2014.

The group also includes representation from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal people, people from different cultural and language communities, gender diversity, age diversity, individuals living in regional or remote locations, LGBTQIA+ communities, people living with co occurring issues (such as disability or alcohol and other drugs), and those with lived experience of mental health services.

Vision for the LECG

The vision of the LECG is to create guidelines and standards which protect human dignity and personal rights through the provision of ethical, accountable and compassionate care.

The LECG met for the first time on 20 August 2025 and continues to meet on a regular basis.

Click here to view the LECG Terms of Reference.

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