Links

For more info on Hearing Voices and Networks around the world, try some of these links. If you have any suggestions for new links, please email us. And please feel free to link to us from your own website!

Discussion Forum

Read and join discussions about hearing voices on the Intervoice Online Discussion Forum.

Hearing Voices Networks

In Australia

Australia has a national hearing voices network based in Perth, state networks in NSW and Victoria, a group in the ACT, and a new network planned for Tasmania in 2010.

The Australian Hearing Voices Network (HVNA)

HVNA also coordinates groups across WA. Contact Marlene Janssen (08) 9258 3060

NSW Hearing Voices Network

Contact: Douglas Holmes – (02) 8382 1887

ACT Hearing Voices Group

Mental Health Consumer Network

Phone: (02) 6230 5796

Tasmanian Hearing Voices Network

Scheduled to be launched in January 2010. Contact Richmond Fellowship of Tasmania.

Overseas

Intervoice is the international on-line community for hearing voices groups, networks, events, conferences, publications and news. It’s full of useful information and links.

Other international networks:

Media Articles

The Intervoice Blog: Keep up with the latest media and news on hearing voices from around the globe.

“How I tamed the voices in my head.” The Independent, March 2007.

When Eleanor Longden began hearing things, she soon found herself drugged, sectioned and labelled schizophrenic. Then a psychiatrist taught her how to talk back.

“The Mad Doctor: The extraordinary story of Dr Rufus May, the former psychiatric patient." The Independent, March 2007.

At the age of 18, Rufus May was diagnosed as an incurable schizophrenic and locked up in a psychiatric hospital. Now, he is a respected psychologist and a passionate campaigner on mental health issues.

“Now we're talking: Tales of breakdown and recovery.” The Independent, March 2007.

These brave people have dared to break one of society's greatest - and unhealthiest - taboos, by speaking openly about their mental health issues. From well-known figures coping with stress and breakdowns, to lesser-known pioneers finding remarkable ways to overcome sometimes extreme and terrifying psychological difficulties, their stories are here to inspire.

NEW A first class recovery: From hopeless case to graduate. The Independent, October 2009

A great new story on Eleanor Longden.

Hearing Voices Online Videos

“The Doctor Who Hears Voices”

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Final

Rufus May is a maverick psychologist. He believes there is no such thing as schizophrenia, that medication can destroy lives and that there's nothing wrong with hearing voices. Rufus is an authority on the subject. He was diagnosed with acute schizophrenia aged 18. In this powerful and thought-provoking film, BAFTA-award winning director Leo Regan, takes a challenging look at how society deals with mental illness, using an innovative mix of contemporaneous documentary footage and dramatised scenes.

Personal story recorded by Intervoice

Interviews with Rufus May, Peter Bullimore and others about hearing voices and much more. Audio and video files from the BBC.

Interview with Rufus May, Dr Dirk Corstens and Sandra Escher on ABC Radio.

Other links of interest

The National Empowerment Centre (USA)

The Icarus Project "Navigating the space between brilliance and madness".

Pat Deegan "Celebrating a conspiracy of hope for recovery"