We are pleased to offer for review In the Real – a new film by Conor McCormack – which launches at the Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne on 14 July 2015, 5-8pm. Expressions of interest are invited from clinicians, mental health...
One of the overarching objectives of the Hearing the Voice project has been to try and answer the ‘what is like?’ questions; to develop a richer understanding of the experiences of hearing voices. To this end we have conducted a range of investigations – some...
Dr Nev Jones, postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and HtV advisory board member, writes: Years and years ago, when I was first diagnosed with “schizophrenia,” as a first year philosophy doctoral student, the question foremost in my mind was whether or not it...
On Wednesday, May 27, at 2 p.m. ET, there will be a free, 90-minute webinar on Peer Leadership in Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Services: From Program Development to Outcomes Evaluation. While many EIP programs include (or plan to include) some element of peer...
Dr Jennifer Hodgson, lead researcher on our Writers’ Inner Voices project, writes: Try it for yourself: stop what you’re doing and try to listen in to the mind’s ear. What can you hear? Indeed, are you hearing at all? Can you say, definitively, that your inner...
Dr Gary Sidley is a freelance writer and trainer who, in 2013, opted for early retirement from his post of Professional Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist after 33 continuous years of employment in mental health services. He writes on a range of topics, including...