The Beck Road Alliance (BRA) exists to support survivors of organised childhood sexual abuse on Beck Road, Hackney, and ALL survivors EVERYWHERE, to share their testimonies of surviving childhood sexual abuse. BRA believes that by sharing our experiences, we’re showing the world that the reality of childhood sexual abuse is a global epidemic, which profoundly effects girls […]
‘I went from a whole, healthy little girl into a shattered mind’ ~ Abuse as a catalyst to psychosis Dr Eleanor Longdon ~ Voices can be recruited as part of the healing journey. Talking with your foe ~ Rai and Dirk explore the power of dialogue with the adversarial voice Psychiatrist Sir Robin Murray in […]
Abstract In the current article, we review existing models of the etiology of voice hearing. We summarize the argument and evidence that voice hearing is primarily a dissociative process involving critical aspects of self. We propose a complementary perspective on these phenomena that is based on a modern behavioral account of complex behavior known as […]
Abstract Background: It is now over half a century since community care was introduced in the wake of the closure of the old asylum system. This paper considers whether mental health services, regardless of location, can be genuinely effective and humane without a fundamental paradigm shift. Data: A summary of research on the validity and […]
Taken from the Mosaic Science Podcast podcast site: https://mosaicscience.com/story/hearing-voices This documentary is also available on the Mosaic podcast through iTunes, RSS, SoundCloud and wherever good podcasts are found. We all have an inner voice. But for some, hearing voices can be much more distinct and unusual. Adam has a voice with a unique name and identity. Jacqui […]
If you’d like to hear my talk at this event, check out: http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2015/04/sanity-madness-and-the-family-family-life-an-urgent-retrospective/ Details on the event: It is just over 50 years since the publication of Sanity, Madness and the Family, R.D. Laing’s and Aaron Esterson’s groundbreaking study of ‘schizophrenia’ in 11 young women. Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community (BRAKC) and the […]
Beck Road Alliance – Share Your Testimony19/06/2017 - 5:57 PM
Soundcloud Clips from ‘Why Did I Go Mad?’19/06/2017 - 4:43 PM
Hearing voices, dissociation, and the self: A functional-analytic perspective19/06/2017 - 4:31 PM
Improving community mental health services: The need for a paradigm shift19/06/2017 - 4:27 PM