Beyond Possible Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5juEgi1oY Beyond Possible: How the Hearing Voices Approach Transforms Lives is a 22-minute film produced as a part of the work of the Hearing Voices Research & Development fund hosted by Open Excellence in collaboration with Mount Holyoke College and the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community. It explores what the Hearing Voices approach looks like, how it began, and the ways in which it is expanding our view of what is possible in the lives of people who hear voices, see…
The Afiya Film
https://youtu.be/9x8h3LvEB04 We’ve completed a 25-minute film about Afiya and the concept of peer respite. Topics covered in the film include: A brief history of peer respite Myths & Misconceptions A bit about Afiya house (how long you can stay, etc.) A personal story of someone who has stayed at the house Challenges Testimonials
The Virtues of Non-Compliance
https://youtu.be/lTfqlwKRuEE The current-day mental health system has been shaped around the idea that people who have been given psychiatric labels suffer in a way over which they have no control and that often results in an inability to care for one’s self. It is an approach that encourages the idea that professionals need to step in to be the experts and determine someone’s human potential. These beliefs have also influenced other aspects of our culture to the point where news,…
Beyond the Medical Model
https://youtu.be/lTfqlwKRuEE Beyond the Medical Model examines the impact of a one-model system that has been written so inextricably into our law and language that it has become difficult for many to even hear the evidence supporting a much broader take on what we so often label ‘mental illness.’ Through the expertise of people sharing a range of worldviews and parts of their own stories, information is offered on how we have sometimes harmed ourselves and our communities through our own rigidity. The film encourages…