CCrAMHP was formed in 2011 and is for all who are passionate about sustaining creative and critical practice in mental health, in situations that can feel constrained (hence our group name!).

Open to service user/survivors, carers, mental health practitioners, students, educators, researchers and others with an interest in engaging in discussion and debate, reciprocal learning and support.

Through reading together, viewing films and getting into conversation we share critical and creative ideas and develop strategies for putting them into practice.

We hold informal planning meetings (generally at the Gregson centre in Lancaster) and more structured events on topics of interest.  Meetings are run on a participatory model and members are expected to respect and maintain the privacy and confidentiality of others.

We also have an email distribution list which is used to share information about mental health related issues and events – both local and from further afield.

For further information contact Bob Sapey or Jill Anderson –  ccramhp@gmail.com

Additionally we have a discussion group using Google Groups. If you would like to join, email ccramhp@gmail.com

FUTURE MEETINGS 

September 8th

Voice Hearing and the Legacy of the late Marius Romme – Bob Sapey and Dr Dave Barton

Hearing voices usually means hearing a voice or voices that other people can’t hear. Medical professionals might call such voices auditory hallucinations, but they can feel very real when you experience them and voice hearing is a common human experience with lots of different causes.

Bob will set the scene by talking about why he finds the topic interesting and how it relates to disability politics. As part of this he will talk about Marius Romme’s work and the development of the Maastricht approach to voice hearing.

Dave will outline some general points about unusual experiences and use his own and some of his research participants’ as examples. He will briefly share his general experiences of 10 years with the Hearing Voices Group. He will raise the central issue of the compulsory internalisation of Western materialistic culture, and how that can create major distress and difficulties when a person has experiences that do not align with our society.

October 13th

Ros Brunwin, Understanding how identity impacts experiences of psychosis

Psychosis includes experiences like hearing things other people can’t hear, seeing things other people can’t see or believing things that others don’t? These are sometimes referred to as voices, hallucinations, or delusions.

We have invited Ros, who is a PhD Student at Lancaster University, and psychiatric survivor to discuss her research. She is studying how our life experiences impact and are impacted by experiences of psychosis, and she wants to look at alternative frameworks that recognise psychosis as a valid experience that does not need to be treated or fixed. Psychosis includes experiences like hearing things other people can’t hear, seeing things other people can’t see or believing things that others don’t? These are sometimes referred to as voices, hallucinations, or delusions.

Tuesday 10th November, 7pm
The Gregson Community & Arts Centre
Asylum discussion meeting

Tuesday 8th December, 7pm
The Gregson Community & Arts Centre
Mince pies, December cheer and some creative activities.

 

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