International Hearing Voices Projects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PEOPLE WHO ARE DISTRESSED BY I) HEARING VOICES WITH NO EXTERNAL PHYSICAL SOURCE, II) AND/OR OTHER DISTRESSING UNUSUAL EXPERIENCES AND/OR BELIEFS, WORLDWIDE THROUGH:- RESPECTFUL AND COLLABORATIVE WORK BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH THESE EXPERIENCES AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL, PEER OR FAMILY SUPPORTERS, IN ORDER TO ENABLE DISTRESSED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING THAT DISTRESS,- THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF AND WIDER ADOPTION OF TALKING, PEER, AND/OR OCCUPATIONAL SUPPORT THAT PROMOTES PERSONAL COPING STRATEGIES AND INCREASES HOPE FOR RECOVERY AND RELIEF OF THAT DISTRESS,- THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE- ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO FURTHER THE ABOVE- ADVANCING THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF, AND RECOVERY FROM MENTAL DISTRESS IN RELATION TO THE ABOVE, ON TERMS THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED- THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE DISTRESSED BY HEARING VOICES WITH NO PHYSICAL SOURCE, AND/OR OTHER UNUSUAL EXPERIENCES, AND/OR DISTRESSING BELIEFS.