BPS Launches ‘Understanding Psychosis & Schizophrenia’
On 27 November, The British Psychological Society launched a landmark report aimed at the general public on ‘Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia’. This report, that mentions peer support and the Hearing Voices Network, with its pages presents a human and contextual understanding of the diverse experiences that can be diagnosed as psychosis. Edited by Anna Cook, […]
UK Premier of MARS PROJECT (a HVN fundraiser)
A decade ago rapper Khari ‘Conspiracy’ Stewart was diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, but he has rejected the label and is pursuing a spiritual path. A fundraising and consciousness raising event on behalf of the Hearing Voices Network. 19th July 2104 at 2pm Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London E8 2PB www.riocinema.org.uk £5 […]
Surviving Diagnosis
Contributed by Jo Twist I was given a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia nearly twenty years ago. Although this was initially a relief, it gradually became a problem in itself. The diagnosis serves to explain to yourself, family and friends why you have been behaving like this for so long, in my case for the last four […]
I Talk Back To The Voices In My Head
Dean Smith, in the Guardian on Saturday 4th April 2009 I was working as a holiday rep in Brittany 15 years ago when I started hearing voices. I was in my mid-20s and thought it was my mates mucking about. I looked inside and outside the flat to see where they were. It felt really […]
Contribute to the ‘Schizophrenia’ Commission’
They want a range of views (including non-medical ones!) The ‘Schizophrenia’ Commission, launched by mental health charity Rethink, is currently gathering evidence from people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, those who work in the area and researchers. On 13 March, they put a special request out to encourage those who do not believe ‘schizophrenia’ […]