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The voice-hearer.

¹Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University, Durham, UK. angela.woods@durham.ac.uk

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The Hearing Voices Movement introduced "the voice-hearer" identity, challenging psychiatric norms. This identity is built through shared narratives, asserting voice-hearing as meaningful and fostering expertise by experience.

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Area of Science:

Medical Humanities
Psychiatry
Sociology of Health

Background:

The Hearing Voices Movement and U.K. Hearing Voices Network have advocated for 25 years.
They introduced the term "the voice-hearer" into mental health discourse.
This movement aims to improve the lives of individuals who hear voices.

Observation:

Analysis of diverse texts including life narratives, research, videos, and blogs.
Focus on materials produced by individuals active in the Hearing Voices or consumer/survivor/ex-patient movements.
Interdisciplinary approach integrating medical humanities perspectives.

Findings:

"The voice-hearer" identity frames voice-hearing as a significant experience.
This identity actively questions established psychiatric authority.
Individuals construct their identity by sharing personal life narratives.

Implications:

The common definition of "the voice-hearer" as someone experiencing auditory verbal hallucinations is insufficient.
The "voice-hearer" identity is complex, politically charged, and value-laden.
This figure emerges from narrative practices, embodying "expert by experience" status and challenging psychiatric categories like schizophrenia.