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Living with Voices: 50 Stories of Recovery

August 15, 2015

Marius Romme and Sandra Escher have revolutionised our understanding of voice hearing, and their work has led to a radical new way of helping people who have had this type of experience. In this timely, accessible and important book, they bring together the lessons they have learnt over more than two decades, and provide an opportunity for 50 voice hearers from across the world to tell us their stories. This is essential reading for mental health workers of all professions, which challenges conventional thinking, empowers mental health service users, and looks forward to a more humane approach to psychiatric care.

The Voice Inside

August 15, 2015

Paul Baker; one of the founding members of the Hearing Voices Network England and Intervoice; has written a guide to coping with the experience of hearing voices. The guide is intended as an introduction to the Hearing Voices Movement's way of thinking when it come to the voice hearing experience, and asks questions regarding what it's like to hear voices, why it starts and how people can cope better with the experience. Anyone will get a good read out of this guide, particularly voice hearers, family, friends and professionals working with voice hearers.

 

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Hearing Voices: A Common Human Experience

August 15, 2015

This book contains a wealth of information of great practical value to people who hear voices as well as to those who wish to broaden their understanding of this fascinating phenomenon. It includes a detailed description of a wide variety of voice experiences, an overview of theories which attempt to explain why they occur and a comprehensive set of practical strategies for dealing with unwanted or disturbing voices.

Children Hearing Voices: What you need to know and what you can do

August 15, 2015

'Children Hearing Voices' includes real-life stories of children and parents, alongside chapters from a range of contributors including international authorities on children s mental health. THE CHILDREN S SECTION has mainly been written for children who hear voices. The information is largely derived from a three-year study with 80 children and adolescents interviewed about their experiences, ranging in age from 8 to 19 years at first contact. In this book, readers will find extensive information about how to look differently at voice hearing; learning to deal with it and discovering what might help to cope with the voices. THE PARENTS /ADULTS SECTION: It is clear that parents of children hearing voices are given very little information. Any information the parents find is almost always based on the assumption that voice hearing is a serious disease. This book is for all parents, teachers, carers and all adults who want to learn more.

Learning from the Voices in my Head

August 15, 2015

Eleanor Longden was a college freshman when she started hearing voices in her head. Diagnosed with schizophrenia and checked into a psychiatric ward, Longden spent years trapped in a nightmare of hospitals and medications, pain and despair. Yet she survived. Her technique: to learn to listen to her internal narrators, not reject them. Now on the cusp of finishing her Ph.D. in psychology, Longden still hears voices — and she says she wouldn’t live without them.

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