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Article History

Received: 18 November 2025

Accepted: 28 May 2026

First Online: 19 June 2026

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: Ethics approval and consent for this manuscript was not required.

: All authors provide consent for publication.

: CP is a lived-experience researcher with a background in public health and community engagement. ML is a mental health researcher with a background in psychology, cognition, and health services research. JB is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise spanning across co-design, primary care mental health and music therapy. GR holds lived experience of neurodiversity and overcoming mental health challenges; they have volunteered in various mental health initiatives. KR has a varied working background of advocacy in the not-for-profit sector. LT has a working background in data research and human services. TW is involved in various mental health advocacy roles. KT holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours, majoring in Neuroscience. LC is an emerging qualitative researcher and lived experience advocate driven by intersectional feminism. CKH has a DPhil in Neuroscience with expertise in applied healthcare, digital mental health, mental health models of care and implementation science in primary and secondary care. AC has a PhD in person-centred mental health care and expertise in clinical trials, research ethics, program evaluation and mixed-methods study designs. PO is an Aboriginal Muruwori Gumbaynggirr man, who leads First Nations, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander co-design within the ALIVE National Centre. VP is a humanities and arts-based scholar who trained in narrative theory, and applied ethics, she has lived-experience of mental ill-health having published her own narrative account which shapes her work in primary care mental health research and participatory design, and co-design.

: The authors declare no competing interests.