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Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker

Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker

Released Friday, 2nd April 2010
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Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker

Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker

Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker

Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker

Friday, 2nd April 2010
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People who hear voices are no more violent than anyone else -- but what about the small number of voice hearers that do actually commit violent crimes? Are medications and locked wards the best way to help those who act on their aggressive "command hallucinations?" What is the relationship between trauma, violence, and voices?

Dutch psychiatric social worker and Hearing Voices Movement member Erica van den Akker discusses her innovative counseling work with violent offenders in the Netherlands.   [Read more...]

The post Violent Voices: Erica van den Akker first appeared on Madness Radio.

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