Open event for the World Mental Health Day
Opening of the 6th World Hearing Voices Congress
Friday 10 October 2014
18.00-21.00
Ceremony Hall, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Organized by:
Intervoice
Hellenic Hearing Voices Network
Hellenic Observatory for Rights in the Field of Mental Health
School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Programme
18.00-18.15 Opening / Welcome
18.15-18.30 World Hearing Voices Congresses: From Melbourne to Thessaloniki
18.30-20.00 Forum: «National mental health care systems: Problems and alternative practices», with
contributions from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand,
U.K., U.S.A and Greece. Chair: Dirk Corstens.
20.00-20.30 Marius Romme – World Hearing Voices movement: Where are we and where are we
heading?
20.30-21.00 Virginia Ioannidou, Marianna Kefallinou & Marina Lykovounioti – Hellenic Hearing Voices
Network
Free admission
With simultaneous interpretation
Saturday, 11th October
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9.009.30
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Registration
Introduction and Welcome
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Plenary session (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Peter Bullimore (UK), Development of the Greek hearing voices network
Marina Lykovounioti (GR), Changing our relationship with the voices - Usefulness of voices
Olga Runciman (DK), Voice hearers as Odysseus
Irene van de Giessen (NL), The need for an Odyssean construction of hearing voices
Dimitris Chatzivasileadis (GR), Undoing a myth - part A
Marius Romme (NL), How to solve the schizophrenia problem
12.0012.30
Coffee break *
National Networks (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
● Jacqui Day, Josie Scata, Chris Madson (AU),Hearing voices network of Western Australia – You hear, we
Talk
Art
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Peter Bullimore (UK), Identifying the trauma to understand paranoia (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
For.
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● Maria Drandaki (GR), Outcomes of the HVN seminar on hearing voices at the Community Mental Health Center
of Rethymno (15’ talk)
● Hellenic Hearing Voices Network (GR), Forum
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Lamprini Gregoriou, Yorgos Tsaras, Byron Lazaridis (GR), Drawing our inner voices (EN ↔ GR interpretation
available)
13.3014.30
● Mario Cardano, Gino Fornace, Marcello Macario, Roberto Pezzano, Glenda Piona, Raffaella Pocobello,
Alessandra Santoni (IT), Challenges and Research Issues from the Italian HV
● Pino Pini, Donatella Miccinesi, Gianluigi Crispino (IT), Development of the Prato hearing voices group within
its own local mental health system
● Lillian Charitaki Asimou (GR), Cockroach – psychosis (30’ Puppetry performance) (An English translation of
most parts of the performance will be distributed in print)
● Helena Tonikidi, Stella Kolyvopoulou (GR), SοΜA & Voices (15΄ Performance)
Light lunch break *
14.3016.00
Workshop
Talk
Personal Stories (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
● Annie Roker, Cath Brumby (AU), The return journey to Thessaloniki: An Australian’s story of voice hearing and
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recovery, utilising a hearing voices support group and an ACT for psychosis group
● Chris Madson (AU) On and on it goes where it stops nobody knows
● Dimitris Chatzivasileadis (GR), Undoing a myth – part B
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Monique Dalgleish (AU), Creativity and making change in mental health (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
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Antonis Liodakis (GR), The psychodrama of voices (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
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Joel Waddingham, Adam Jhugroo (UK), What does it mean to be a mental health nurse within the hearing
voices movement? (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
5
Rufus May (UK), Conflict resolution within the Hearing Voices Movement (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
16.0016.30
Coffee break *
Talk
Research I (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
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Workshop
16.3018.00
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● Zoe Moulara (GR), "I hear voices"
● Octavia Wilson (NZ), Kiwis, voices, and ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for young New Zealanders
experiencing their first episode of psychosis
● Anastassios Koukis (GR), Dreaming and psychosis: Coping with hearing voices in the group-analytic group
● Vassiliki Fenekou (GR), Comparative study of two cases of psychotherapeutic intervention with voice hearers
Kate Crawford (UK), Advantages and disadvantages of self-help support groups (EN ↔ GR interpretation
available)
Anna Maria Antonopoulou, Demetra Mantzari (GR), Bridges from the lotus fruit eaters' island (EN ↔ GR
interpretation available)
Marianna Kefallinou, Lykourgos Karatzaferis (GR), 'How do I ever find true home again?' The hero's journey to
thriving (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
World Café
* The workshop: Exercise of simulating disturbing voices by Marieva Dailaki will take place during breaks.
N.B. Unless otherwise stated, workshops, talks etc with no interpretation will be in English, except for Greek speakers’, which will be in Greek.
Time
9.009.30
Room/
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Sunday, 12th October
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Declaration
Plenary session (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
● Sandra Escher (NL), The differences between patients and non-patients children and youngsters hearing voices
● Sam Warner (UK), Visions, voices, dissociated parts and child sexual abuse: From living life in crisis to moving
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on to recovery
● Will Hall (US), Suicidal feelings and social justice
● Angela Woods, Ben Alderson-Day, Nev Jones (UK), “I’m not sure how much of this fits your definition, so I’ll
try and describe it all.” Findings from an interdisciplinary study of voice-hearing
● Rachel Waddingham (UK), “Can you sit beside me whilst the sky falls in?” Learning from HV groups in prisons
● Rufus May (UK), In a crisis: Finding ways to live with voices of panic, blame and punishment
Coffee break *
Research II (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Talk
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● Monique Dalgleish (AU), Ripped jeans and recovery: A discussion of the commodification of recovery in mental
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Workshop
12.0013.30
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health treatment
● Kelly, A., Rhodes, P., Mikes-Liu, K., McDonald, C., Graham, L. (AU), The use of psychiatric diagnosis on
three child and adolescent inpatient units: A qualitative study
● Joachim Schnackenberg (DE), Experience focused counselling with voice hearers in training and practice:
Early results from a randomised-controlled trial pilot study
● Rose Tomlins, James Cawley (UK), “I didn’t know other people existed that hear voices”: Evaluating a new
hearing voices group for people with learning disabilities
Symposium:
Peter Bullimore, Simon Mullins, Frank Appah (UK), Facilitating a Maastricht Assessment Center for hearing
voices (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Marina Lykovounioti (GR), Ourselves, our thoughts, the world and the voices – the world is paranoid but life is
wonderful (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
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Kellie Comans (AU), Blowing the lid off guilt and shame (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
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Support Group For Family Members and Friends - HVN Athens (GR), Past worrying, beyond caring, towards
embracing (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
13.3014.30
Light lunch break *
Sociopolitical dimensions (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Talk
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person-view
● Robin Timmers (NL), Hearing voices, recovery & emancipation: Lessons learned and future challenges
● Antonis Liodakis (GR), I hear smells: The victory of auditory hallucinations
Film
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Caroline Von Taysen (DE), Kanja Waithira (KE), Who says what's normal? (27΄ Documentary + discussion)
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 Lillian Charitaki Asimou, Vassiliki Fenekou (GR), Unusual beliefs - paranoia and coping strategies
 Donna Murray (AU), Working creatively with voices to reduce the distress and understanding the experience
toward self driven recovery (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
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Rachel Waddingham (UK), On the edge?: Supporting young people who hear ‘violent voices’ (EN ↔ GR
interpretation available)
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Rufus May (UK), Feeding your demons (25' Meditation + discussion) (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Workshop
14.3015.30
● Anna Emmanouilidou (GR), Odysseying with the Sirens: Ulysses, life and ambivalence in a new world- and
15.3016.00
Coffee break *
Research III (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Talk
Film
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● Jonathan Gadsby (UK), New research from Birmingham about hearing voices
● Kostoula Maki (GR), Documenting "voices" in comics: The case of Sarafin
● Athena Peglidou (GR), Uses of voices and devices of psychosis in a psychiatric hospital
● David Adams (US), Michel Foucault on madness and metaphor
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Will Hall (US), Supporting psychiatric medication withdrawal: A harm reduction approach (EN ↔ GR interpretation
available)
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Congress closing (EN ↔ GR interpretation available)
Playback Theatre (GR), I hear, I experience, I commmunicate
● Lisa Forestell, Marty Hadge, Caroline White, Chris Carlton (US), The virtues of non-compliance (30' Film +
discussion)
● James de Blas (AU), Psychiatric superhero (4' video)
* The workshop: Exercise of simulating disturbing voices by Marieva Dailaki will take place during breaks.
N.B. Unless otherwise stated, workshops, talks etc with no interpretation will be in English, excep t for Greek speakers’, which will be in Greek.