By PINO PINI, Psychiatrist in Italy and the United Kingdom, MHE board member.

Reflections on occasion of two Hearing Voices events.

In my professional experience I have witnessed various significant moments in the mental health sector. Below are some reflections on my relationship with the voice-hearing movement inspired by the work of Marius Romme, and on projects for the development of psychiatric self-help. I was given the opportunity to present a contribution at two hearing-voices events held in Paris and Florence, in October and November 2023, respectively (see Acronyms, Bibliography and Sitography section). The time to which I am referring, and which ranges from the period of deinstitutionalisation (1960s-70s) to the current one, is characterised by very different, if not even opposing, positions relating not only to the mental health sector, but also to society in general.

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