Debra Joy Lampshire MNZM is a New Zealand trainer, educator, advocate and experience-based expert on mental health.

[1] She is also a senior tutor with the Centre for Mental Health Research and Policy Development at the University of Auckland.

[citation needed] She is chairperson for International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) New Zealand.

[2] At the age of 17, she was committed to the former Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital in Karaka, having episodes of psychosis, including hearing voices.

[4] In the 2023 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to mental health.