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One In Five for Sunday 7 September 2014

As a prelude to World Hearing Voices Day on Saturday 13 September 2014 we’re featuring an All In The Mind programme from ABC Radio National presented by Lynne Malcolm.

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Invisible Intruders - The Voices In My Head

How do you deal with the voices in your head? We all have them to some extent – perhaps they’re just thoughts, comforting and easy to live with – but for some, they are menacingly real and reflect past trauma.

We hear what happens in the brain during auditory hallucinations, and how engaging with the voices can actually help to heal. One voice hearer even found relief by giving one of her voices his own Facebook page!

With:

Indigo Daya (Voices Victoria Program Manager and voice hearer)
Rufus May (Clinical psychologist)
Will Hall (Therapist, trainer, community development worker and voice hearer)
Prof Susan Rossell (Professorial Research Fellow; Swinburne University and Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre)

See the ABC website for more information on this programme.

Links:

World Hearing Voices Day, Auckland,  13 September 2014   
Hearing Voices Network Aotearoa   
Lifeline NZ Crisis Support: 0800.543.354  
ABC All In The Mind Hearing Voices Transcript and Links