By paul on April 24, 2016
Frame from HERALD TV on Vimeo. Pembrokeshire FRAME Ltd is a registered charity set up to help people with any disability or considered disadvantaged in the workplace. FRAME provides employment, work practice and training to over 200 individuals from Pembrokeshire each year. FRAME has 3 furniture re-use stores and contracts with the local authority which […]
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By paul on November 17, 2015
The forthcoming documentary CRAZYWISE reveals a paradigm shift that’s challenging the way Western culture defines and treats a mental health crisis. When a young person experiences a frightening break from reality, Western experts usually label it a “first-episode psychosis” while many psychologists and cultures define it as a “spiritual awakening”. The documentary CRAZYWISE reveals remarkably […]
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By paul on May 20, 2013
“Voices Matter” is a documentary about the global Hearing Voices Movement, filmed at the 2012 World Hearing Voices Congress in Cardiff, Wales. For more info visit www.openparadigmproject.com
Posted in Events, Media, News & Events | Tagged Cardiff, hearing voices, INTERVOICE, Wales Hearing Voices Network, world hearing voices congress |
By paul on May 17, 2013
Hywel Davies, chair of Hearing Voices Network Cymru gives a talk about the meaning of hearing voices through the ages, Queens Hall, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, 7th May 2013.
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By paul on May 17, 2013
John Stacey from Mental Health Advocacy Providers (MAP) re-launches the Pembrokeshire Mental Health Forum at a meeting attended by over 130 people held at the Queens Hall, Narbeth on the 7th May 2013.
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By paul on May 16, 2013
Petra Wood is a homeopath from Carmarthen, she is a registered Member of The Society of Homeopaths. In this interview Petra talks about homeopathy and how it can be of assistance to people with mental health problems.
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By paul on May 16, 2013
Whether in a Playgroup or a School, a Community Centre or Carnival, Day Centre or Care Home for the Elderly, Bongo’s Rhythm Shack is a safe environment where people of all ages and abilities, from different walks of life, can come together and experience the joy and pleasure of music making. See website here
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By paul on May 16, 2013
Bethan Morgan, Pembrokeshire Mental Health Forum Launch, Narberth, May 2013 Betham Morgan discusses the work of the Natural Health Centre in Narbeth, Pembrokeshire and its relevance to people who hear voices or with mental health problems. Bethan opened the Narberth Natural Health Centre in 2013. Bethan studied with the European Shiatsu School in Marlbrough and […]
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By paul on May 14, 2013
Interview with Lucy Johnstone from the British Psychological Society on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, May 12 2013 In a bold and unprecedented move for any professional body, the UK Division of Clinical Psychology, a sub-division of the British Psychological Society, issued a Position Statement today calling for the end of the unevidenced biomedical […]
Posted in Media | Tagged biomedical model, British Psychological Society, Lucy Johnstone, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatry |
By hywel on December 19, 2012
Hywel Davies Speech “Hearing Voices Through The Ages” given at the Annual General Meeting of MAP (Mental Health Advocacy Providers) at Bloomfield Centre, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, 30th January 2013. You can read the transcript of the speech here
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By admin on July 17, 2012
Talent Search » [email protected] » Eleanor Longden: Learning from the voices in my head “At 17, Eleanor Longden had a promising future ahead of her; then she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. After a lifelong battle with the voices in her head, today she has a Masters in psychology and a second chance.” Please could you […]
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By admin on June 22, 2012
UK psychologist Eleanor Longden survived a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and went on to be a leading researcher around voice hearing, trauma, and dissociation.
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By hywel on June 6, 2012
Changing media perceptions about the meaning of hearing voices This group will seek to change perceptions about the meaning of hearing voices and challenge the view that they are either meaningless or dangerous as is often the case – and – part of an illness. Go here for more information..
Posted in Media | Tagged campaign, discrimination, Facebook, hearing voices, media, stigma |
By admin on March 22, 2012
Excellent film entitled “The Gospel of Us” starring Michael Sheen and the people and talent of Port Talbot in South Wales
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By admin on June 17, 2011
New Zealand Herald, 4th June 2011 Ron Coleman, diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1982, should know. He spent 10 years in and out of British psychiatric hospitals, including six as a mostly compulsorily “sectioned” in-patient. During that time he was heavily medicated with a range of antipsychotic drugs and given 40 sessions of ECT. Today he […]
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