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BBC Radio 4: My Name Is ... Rachel

BBC Radio 4: My Name Is … Rachel

8 April 2019, on BBC Radio 4

After working with Akiko Hart to create an ‘Alternative Review of the Mental Health Act’ for National Hearing Voices Network, I was keen to keep up the momentum and get people talking about the coersive end of the mental health system. Luckily, after speaking with a contact in the BBC Current Affairs dept. an opportunity […]

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Tags: Critical Perspectives, Human Rights, Mental Health Act, Personal Experience, Radio, Schizophrenia

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Hi. My name’s Rai. I hear voices, see visions and have a whole host of unusual experiences that have, at times, overwhelmed me. Once labelled as ‘severely & enduringly mentally ill’, I am now an independent trainer specialising in innovative ways of supporting people who struggle with extreme states (including ‘psychosis’, ‘dissociation’ and post traumatic reactions).

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