CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES: PROGRAMME FOR WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2014

08.30–09.30 Registration (in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex foyer/atrium)

09.30-09.45 BHSC G02 Welcome. Lydia Sapouna and Harry Gijbels

Chairperson for the day: Lydia Sapouna

9.45-10.30 Keynote Presentation 1

BHSC G02 (250) Is Voice Hearing Creating a Diagnostic Conundrum? Olga Runciman, Psychiatric Survivor and Chair of the Danish Hearing Voices Network, Denmark.

10.30-11.15 Keynote Presentation 2

BHSC G02 (250) The Value of Labelling. Stuart Neilson, Lecturer, Adult Continuing Education, University College Cork, Ireland.

11.15-11.30 ‘Illuminate’ at the Cork Film Festival

BHSC G02 (250) Presenting ‘Illuminate': Films and Discussion Exploring Mental Health. James Mullighan, Creative Director, 59th Cork FilmFestival, Ireland.

09.30-11.30 Live Streaming of BHSC G02 (250) events to BHSC G04 (120) and BHSC G06 (120)

12.00-12.45 Concurrent Sessions A

1. BHSC G04 (120) Finding Solace in the Hills of Donegal. Solas, Donegal, Ireland.

2. BHSC G05 (120) Psychiatric Drugs: Their life limiting effects from a legal and creative viewpoint. Margaret Curran, Artist and Art Therapist; Deirdre Gibbons, Solicitor, Cork, Ireland.

3. BHSC G06 (120) The Madness of Management: Using Art and Drama to Survive the Crisis. Catherine Hartley Chris Lee, Social Work Managers, London, England.

4. BHSC 1.01 (70) An Experiential Taster Using Sesame Drama and Movement Therapy for Growth and Healing. Raphaela Heaslip, Sesame Trained Drama and Movement Therapist, Cork, Ireland.

Please note, this workshop is limited to 15 delegates. Please wear comfortable clothes, suitable for movement.

5. BHSC 1.22 (70) From Enemy to Ally. Mary Rae, Expert by Experience & Gerardine Boyle, Art Therapist, Cork, Ireland.

6. BHSC 1.04 (30) Getting Personal about Evidence-based Practice. Robert O’Driscoll, Addiction Counsellor, Health Service Executive, Cork, Ireland.

7. BHSC 2.25 (50) Exploring and Understanding our Hidden Selves a Little Better. Veronica Carson & Sheila Finn, Psychotherapists, Group Facilitators, Mayo, Ireland.

12.45-13.45 Lunch. Cafes and restaurants are in close proximity to the conference venue

13.45-14.00 Welcome Back. Lydia Sapouna

14.00-14.45 Keynote Presentation 3

BHSC G02 (250) What Price Recovery?

Jim Walsh, PhD candidate, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

14.00-14.45 Live Streaming of the above BHSC G02 presentation to BHSC G05 (120) and BHSC G06 (120)

15.00-15.45 Concurrent Sessions B

1. BHSC G02 (250) My Bipolar Expedition. Miranda De Barra, Lived experience of bipolar disorder, mental health ambassador for See Change Ireland and Time To Change UK, blogger and public speaker. Kenmare, Ireland / Gloucestershire, England.

2. BHSC G05 (120) Chronicity in Psychiatry. Dan Taylor, Psychiatric Nurse, Researcher and Social Care Practitioner, Limerick, Ireland.

3. BHSC 1.22 (70) Hearing Voices Groups in Cork City – a Discussion with Co-facilitators and Members. Deirdre Hegarty, Expert by Experience; Angela Carrazza, Art Therapist, South Lee Mental Health Services (SLMHS); Sean Spillane, RMHN (SLMHS). All trained in Hearing Voices Group facilitation. Cork, Ireland.

4. BHSC 1.04 (30) Prevention is Better than Cure. Alastair Yarrow, Homeopath, Arklow, Ireland.

5. BHSC 2.25 (50) Education beyond Diagnosis: Opportunities and Challenges

Lydia Sapouna, Lecturer; Miriam Clifford, BSW4 Student, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland.

6. BHSC 3.01 (40) Untangling Trauma from the Perversity of Psychiatric Diagnosis. Liam McGabhann, Lecturer, School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland.

16.00-16.45 Concurrent Sessions C

1. BHSC G02 (250) Documentary Film as an Agent of Social Change. James Mullighan, Creative Director, 59th Cork Film Festival, Ireland and John Kastner, ‘Out of Mind out of Sight’ Documentary Director.

2. BHSC G05 (120) The Introduction of Advance Directives in Mental Health Decision-Making: The Views of Irish Service Users and Consultant Psychiatrists. Fiona Morrissey, Mental Health Researcher and Part-time Lecturer in Human Rights Law, Galway, Ireland.

3. BHSC 1.04 (30) Compassionate Resilience: Surviving Trauma through Compassion-Based Practice. Jane Negrych, Burn Survivor, MSc Student & Researcher and Membership Secretary at the Mindfulness Association UK, England.

4. BHSC 1.21 (70) Allies in the Psychiatric Survivor Movement: Challenges and Opportunities. Gail Hornstein, Professor

of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts, USA.

5. BHSC 2.25 (50) Professional Perspectives on Appropriate Professional Practices. Yvonne Barnes-Holmes (Psychologist) & Ciara McEnteggart (PhD candidate), Maynooth University, Ireland.

6. BHSC 3.01 (40) Open(Ing) Dialogues: Starting From Where We Are. Adrienne Adams, Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Marian Butler, Mental Health Service User; Peter Fitzpatrick, Service User Volunteer; Kathleen O’Mahony, Principal Social Worker; Iseult Twamley, Senior Clinical Psychologist, West Cork Mental Health Service, Ireland.

Look forward to seeing you all again tomorrow.

Lydia and Harry

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES: PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014

9.00-10.00 Registration (in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex)

10.00-10. 15 BHSC G01 Welcome and Welcome Back. Harry Gijbels and Lydia Sapouna.

Chairperson for the day: Harry Gijbels

10.15-11.00 Keynote Presentation 4

BHSC G01 (250) Critical Thought as a Strong and Positive Force for Change in Mental Health. Pat Bracken, Clinical Director Mental Health Service West Cork, Ireland.

11.00-11.45 Keynote Presentation 5

BHSC G01 (250) My Body Remembers; I Refused. From Being a Disorder to Dealing with Life. Wilma Boevink, Expert by Experience, Social Scientist, Netherlands.

12.30-13.15 Keynote Presentation 6

BHSC G01 (250) Analysing the Campaign to Move beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis:

Insights from Political Theorist Gene Sharp. David Harper, Reader in Clinical Psychology University of East London, England.

10.00-13.15 Live Streaming of BHSC G01 welcome and above presentations to BHSC G04 (120) and 1.02 (70)

13.15-14.00 Lunch. Cafes and restaurants are in close proximity to the conference venue

14.00-14.45 Concurrent Sessions D

1. BHSC 1.02 (70) Rage against the Disorder – Subversion and the Mental Health System. Kerry Cuskelly and Nick Murphy, Social Work Action Network Dublin, Ireland.

2. BHSC 1.04 (30) The Ego, Humility and Forgiveness on the Path of Discovery with Experience from Mental Health Phenomena.Israel Finnerty, Advocate, Writer, Free-thinker with Experience of Mental Health Phenomena.

3. BHSC 1.22 (70) Beyond the DSM V: toward a Personal Diagnosis. Wilma Boevink, Expert by Experience, Social Scientist, Netherlands.

4. BHSC 2.25 (50) A View from the Inside – Overcoming the Challenges of Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and More (Beyond the Labels). Kate Mason, Holistic Practitioner, Outside Thinking (www.outsidethinking.org) London, England and Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, Ireland.

5. BHSC 3.01 (40) Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health: a Feminist Perspective. Frankie (Elisabeth) Pamer, activist and researcher; Liz Brosnan, survivor researcher, writer and educator, Ireland.

6. BHSC 3.02 (40) In-between. Desmond Mc Sweeney, PhD student University College Cork and Mental Health Nurse; Health Service Executive, Cork, Ireland.

7. BHSC 3.04 (40) Beyond Diagnosis-Inner Medicine. Greg White, Jungian Psychotherapist, Bandon, Ireland.

15.00-15.45 Concurrent Sessions E

1. BHSC G05 (120) Diagnosis is Simply a Form of Evil. Pete Sanders, Retired Therapist, Trainer and Clinical Supervisor, Trustee of the Soteria Network UK, England.

2. BHSC 1.01 (70) Playback Theatre-when your Stories can Come to Life. Speakout Theatre for Transformation Cork, Ireland.

3. BHSC 1.22 (70) Imagine! Imagine! Why it is Essential to go beyond Psychiatry and its Diagnoses. Mary Maddock, MindFreedom, Ireland.

4. BHSC 2.25 (50) Nine Lives – Stories of Ordinary Life Therapy from Sweden. Hanna Lundblad-Edling Family Care Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden.

5. BHSC 3.01 (40) Recovery College - from Passive Recipient to Active Participant. Angie Lindenau, Laughter Yoga Teacher/Therapist with Experience of Self-directed Recovery, Limerick, Ireland.

6. BHSC 3.02 (40) The Psychological Lives of Irish Men: The ‘Grounded’ Perspective. Darach Murphy PhD Student, School of Applied Psychology, University College, Cork, Ireland.

16.00-17.00 Plenary Session

BHSC G10 (150) Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI)

The final session of the conference is dedicated to the on-going work of the Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI), which was launched at this conference in November 2010. The plenary session provides opportunities tointegratethe insights and initiatives of the first 1.5 days of the conference and to discuss the on-going work of the CVNI. This will hopefully help strengthena sense of shared outlook and purpose, and enhance the networking initiatives which have started in different parts of the country.

Key note presentations, with the respective presenters’ consent, will be available a few weeks after the conference at

http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/conferences/ and www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc

Conference Donations

One of the unique features of this annual conference is that it is a free event, supported by a very small budget. At the conference before last, delegates enquired about making donations and indeed some of them did. Like last year, this year again there will be a donation box at the registration desk. Please feel free to contribute if you wish (preferably cash or cheque made payable to CVNI to be lodged into the CVNI conference account). We do not accept donations which compromise the ethos and values of the conference. If you have any queries, please contact either Lydia Sapouna at or at 021 4903495, or Harry Gijbels at or at 021 4901551.

We wish you all a safe journey home and look forward to see you again next year.

Lydia Sapouna and Harry Gijbels