Tim Buescher writes:
I sat down on a plane to Cork, heading for
the 10th Critical Voices Network Ireland conference and heard a
familiar voice coming from the seats behind me. I turned round and found one of
the external examiners at my viva exam, sat right behind me! I was introduced
to other academics from UCLAN who made feel like a welcome part of their group.
This spirit of welcome and inclusion pervaded the conference, even though there
were about 600 attendees.
This conference brings together activists,
academics, service users, survivors of mental health services and systems and
their supporters, clinicians, alternative practitioners, students (the
conference runs around and within the usual teaching curriculum) and it’s free
to attend. My presentation on compulsive hoarding and co-production was well
received by those present and I can see future projects arising from this. In
addition, people in my session managed to find local sources of help for people
struggling with their possessions.
For anyone interested in finding out more
about the conference, the book of abstracts can be viewed here
Some of the plenary sessions were live
streamed and are available to view here
For anyone interested in developing
coproduction in mental health research and practice, mad studies, peer workers,
recovery, mad politics there is a lot to think about here.
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