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Hearing Voices | Seeing Visions | Making Zines with Liv Winter and Voice Collective (September 2021)
Join artist Liv Wynter for a series of online zine-making workshops to explore experiences of hearing voices and seeing visions! Open to anyone aged 16-25 with lived experience of voice-hearing. No artistic skills necessary!
Fit for purpose? Addressing inequalities in mental health research
A paper published today by the Centre for Mental Health has found that new ways of working are needed to address mental health inequalities. Hearing the Voice features in the report as a strong example of how to bring together and value different types of knowledge in the production of evidence to inform mental health policy and practice.
Recent posts
Experiences of presence in grief: When relationships continue, what are the consequences? (18 February 2020, Durham)
In this upcoming talk, Dr Jacqueline Hayes (University of Roehampton) will present research that examines the functions and consequences the experiences have for the bereaved.
Knowledge is Power: Helping people who hear voices to feel more empowered and overcome stigma
In collaboration with Rai Waddingham, Hearing the Voice are offering free workshops in Glasgow and London, which will explore the way in which we can use information and resources to help people distressed by their voices feel more empowered and reduce internalised stigma.
Welcoming Becci Lee to Hearing the Voice
We’re pleased to introduce Becci Lee, who will be joining the team as a Research Assistant (Psychology Department).
In case you missed it! ‘Hearing Voices: What do we need to know?’
On 11 September 2019, over two hundred people attended our public symposium on ‘Hearing Voices: What do we need to know?’ at The Assembly Rooms in Newcastle upon Tyne. If you couldn’t join us at the event, you can catch up by watching films of all the talks and presentations in this post.
Faith and Mental Health: a Christian Response (18 October)
On 18 October 2019, the Archbishop of Canterbury hosted a conference on ‘Faith and Mental Health: a Christian Response’ at Lambeth Palace…
Why do so many kids ‘see ghosts’?
Already missing Halloween? We’ve got you covered. Learn about ghost-sightings and imaginary friends in this fascinating Washington Post article (ft. HtV Director Charles Fernyhough).
Understanding Voices: Tell us what you think
Last month we celebrated the launch of Understanding Voices, our new website for people who hear voices, their families and health professionals. If you have a few moments to spare, please help us decide which areas of the site to develop over the next year by filling in a short online survey.
Voices and visions: Crossed views on hallucinations (24-26 October 2019)
We’re delighted to draw your attention to the ‘Voices and Visions, Crossed Views on Hallucinations’ symposium, which will take place on 24, 25 and 26 October at the Ecole Normale Supérieure-Paris.
