The details for the workshops have now been finalised for the Soteria Network conference ‘Alternatives Within and Beyond Psychiatry’ on Friday 11th November 2011 in Derby. The workshops cover a variety of topics, including the work of Soteria projects in Holland, the Family Care Foundation in Sweden, compassion-focused therapy, phenomenological and humanistic approaches to ‘psychosis’,

The First UK conference on Philosophy and Psychiatry: Mental Health and the Human Good. A conference in honour of Professor Eric Mathews 6-7 October 2011 at Mathew Hay Conference centre, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, Aberdeen. For more information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This is a new, monthly event which will take place in central Manchester from 7-9pm, and is open to all. The aim of the group is to explore existential philosophy and psychotherapy in relation to various existential texts and tales, as well as in relation to our own experiences and ideas. 7-9pm, 7th September, 2011,

A group of people with experience of psychiatric services are organising a gathering outside the RCPsych on the 27th of July between 4pm and 6pm. to discuss their experiences. They have a facebook page and a flyer: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211203888908921 Speak-out-flyer