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Call for Applicants
The 2017 ‘Durham International Fellowship for Research and Enterprise’ (DIFeREns) Competition is OPEN.
Voice-hearers: What are your priorities for research into the other experiences and changes that accompany voices?
Many people who hear voices say that they sometimes experience other changes at the same time. These can include seeing visions, receiving special messages, synchronicities, physical sensations, and changes in thinking. We are interested in learning more about these experiences. If you hear voices, self-define as a voice-hearer, or have experienced things that are similar we invite you to help us identify the key priorities for future research.
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Voice-Hearers: What are your priorities for research into talking with voices?
Hearing the Voice is proud to be part of an international research group which is seeking a better understanding of people's experience of communicating with their voices. The first step in this process, before the research even begins, is to talk to the experts....
Passionate about communications? We’re hiring!
Are you passionate about communicating with diverse audiences about research into human experience? Have you got experience in organising events, as well as working on newsletters, social media, print and online publications? Would you enjoy being part of a diverse...
‘Sensing the dead is perfectly normal – and often helpful’ by Simon McCarthy-Jones
Hearing the Voice’s Simon McCarthy-Jones explores unusual experiences in the context of bereavement.
Call for participants: Imaginary companions and unusual experiences study
Imaginary companions are a phenomenon most commonly observed in young children. It is estimated that between a third and two thirds of children aged 5-12 report experiencing an imaginary friend who they might see, talk to, or play with. For as long as research has been going on the topic, people have asked how having an imaginary companion (IC) might relate to cognitive development and mental health.
Beckfest 2017
Hearing the Voice team member Dr Guy Dodgson reflects on the themes of this year’s Beckfest in Vancouver. Beckfest is an annual conference for people who are developing and trialling interventions for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Psychosis
New Publication: ‘Reading Margery Kempe’s inner voices’ by Corinne Saunders and Charles Fernyhough
Announcing a new article by Corinne Saunders and Charles Fernyhough exploring Margery Kempe’s inner voices, and how the richness of her multi-sensory experience is illuminated by and illuminates the experience of contemporary voice-hearers, offering a powerful alternative perspective to reductive bio-medical understandings of the phenomenon.
Oxford Unusual Experiences Peer Support Group, May-July 2017
If you hear voices or have other unusual experiences and live in the Oxford area, you might be interested in this peer support group facilitated by Katie de Bertrand.
Please note that the group now runs on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays.
‘Why Did I Go Mad?’ A BBC Two Horizon special on psychosis
What is psychosis and why does it occur? This was the focus of the latest episode of the BBC’s flagship documentary series Horizon, ‘Why Did I Go Mad?’ (2 May 2017, BBC Two, 9pm). A number of our researchers met with the Horizon editorial team to provide advice on the content of the programme late last year, and after the excitement of filming in Durham in January, it was great to finally see the result.
