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Keepwell™ Aust Pty Ltd Presentation to:

THE WORLD HEARING VOICES CONGRE SS | Journeys to Understanding – Sharing experience, expertise & wisdom http://www.hearingvoices2013.org

Summary of Australia wide survey

‘forming a national hearing voices network’

WHY A SURVEY? • There is currently no national network of

Australian voice hearers that

Australian’s can join

• A survey of Australian opinion would

add value to this discussion.

• No one had asked people what they

wanted or thought about a national

network in a systematic way before.

• Intervoice & Richmond Fellowship WA

agreed to discuss the formation of a

network at this congress

Survey results: the need 61.67% said “no” or ‘don’t know’ if there

is a HV group in their community

58.33% said “yes” to the question I

want to see a new Hearing Voices

Group start up in my community

Survey results: the resource 100% of respondents said yes to the

formation of an Australian HVN

All States and Territories represented

except ACT.

Over 40% of respondents said ‘yes’ or

‘maybe’ to the question I am interested

to become a board member for the

new organisation and I share my e-

mail contact details here.

Survey results: the

graphs…

The hearing voices groups I

attend are best described as

Survey results

No dues or fees for membership

Individuals can join the national network

Organisations & professionals can be

members

Survey results: Board

membership The board members are people with

good skills to set up and run an

organisation.

The board should be at least 50%

voice hearers.

The board should have members

who have been consumers of mental

health services.

Non-voice hearers should be board

members and have voting rights

Survey results: Board

membership should not be

….only be made up of one

representative NGO organisation

from each state or territory.

Probably not have organisations who

can become members of the board

with voting rights.

The board should NOT be 100%

voice hearers

Survey results: Functions of the Board...

Support new groups

Maintain & develop a national

website

Develop Australian based literature

Supply literature

Survey results: The main

purposes of the network are

Helping people recover, who are

distressed by their voices is the

primary purpose of HVNA

Helping the general public to

understand voices & destigmatise

voices is a purpose

People who see visions and other

sensory phenomenon are welcome at

a HVNA group/also paranoia groups

Survey results: the best ways to

grow the Australian network…

1. Training for facilitators on how to run a

Hearing Voices peer support groups

2. The development of printed information on

how to start a Hearing Voices group in

Australia

3. A national newsletter for HVNA

4. More publications written by Australian's

about their experience of Hearing voices

5. A paid administrator who can run an office

and be there to support growth of the HV

network

W.H.O. KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVICE ORGANISATION

• Limit mental hospitals

• Build community mental health services

• Develop mental health services in

general hospitals

• Integrate Mental health into primary

health care

• Build informal community mental health

services

• Promote self care

© Keepwell Ltd Consultancy, facilitation & training

Keepwell Ltd

www.keepwell.com.au

Facilitated by

Arana Pearson B.A.

(Edutainer)

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