Greetings from Belgrade & Sarajevo
There’s no two ways about it – I love my life (and my work). Last week, accompanied by two colleagues – Dirk Corstens (Intervoice Chair and dutch psychiatrist) and Slobodanka Popovic (a systemic therapist working in the NHS) – I had the privilege to visit Belgrade and Sarajevo to stimulate the development a Hearing Voices Network […]
ISPS votes to ditch the ‘Schizophrenia’ label
We have joined other organisations around the world in deciding to stop using an unscientific and highly stigmatising label which, because of its connotations of an irreversible illness (‘brain disease’), has damaged millions of people for a century John Read, ISPS, March 2012 This month I feel overwhelmingly proud to be a member of ISPS […]
New book for children who hear voices
Children Hearing Voices: What you need to know and what you can do Dr Sandra Escher, a senior researcher at Maastricht University, is releasing an exciting new book aimed at young people who hear voices and the people who support them. As someone who remembers seeing and hearing things in my youth, I really believe […]
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