hearing voices congress survey summary arana 21 nov 2013 keepwell final
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Summary of Survey of hearing voices network development questionnaire for Australia mental health presented at international Congress Hearing Voices hosted by Prahran Mission Victoria 21st November 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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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
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