We aim to keep alert to developments in the field of mental health and share these through this website. We will cover news relating to policies and practice, research findings, publicly expressed views, regional happenings and national and international events such as conferences.
We are glad and grateful to hear of news to pass on. We’ll try to be comprehensive, however we apologise if we inadvertently miss some items of significance.
Soteria Network Meeting Thurs 19th May 7pm with Dr Mark Horowitz
Dear Soteria Supporters, Tonight 7.00- 8.30 pm We welcome psychiatrist Dr Mark Horowitz to a special one-off Soteria UK zoom evening to present his research on Discontinuing Psychotropic Medication and his work with Joanna Moncrieff and the RADAR programme. Mark...
Soteria Network UK AGM 2nd April 2022
Welcome to our AGM in Manchester, see link below: Soteria Network UK AGM 2022 (mailchi.mp)
New Psychotherapy Titles at Bookmark
'Bookmark' have attended our webinars and offered books relevant to the subject at discounted prices. Soteria has just received the following announcement of new titles: New Psychotherapy Titles at Specially Reduced Prices (mailerlite.com) ...
Peer Respite and Soteria Summit, Follow-Up Day.
Please follow this link for details. Summit Follow-up Day, Dec. 5, 2021-Joining Together to Create Change (ymlp.com) Also note that within it there is a link to access recordings from the summit meetings which generated a huge amount of interest in creating real...
Societal Reconciliation with Mad Activism – Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed -13th Oct.
Soteria Brighton announces: Societal Reconciliation with Mad Activism: Challenges and Possibilities. Hi all, We are thrilled to announce that after a turbulent 18 months, Soteria in the Pub is back! Please see below details on Societal Reconciliation with Mad...
Soteria webinar, Robert Whitaker on You Tube.
Here is a link to the You Tube recording of Robert Whitaker's talk: https://youtu.be/UXe2dgBF70w
Soteria Network Webinar with Robert Whitaker 17th. July 2021
Please see link below for more information about this webinar which promises to be highly informative, inspiring and hopeful! Soteria Past, Present, and Future: The Evidence For This Model of Care Tickets, Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 3:00 PM |...
WHO and UN call to transcend the Medical Model
This report comes as a welcome encouragement - endorsing as it does some of Soteria's essential values and approaches. W.H.O. and U.N. Join Calls to Transcend the Medical Model | Psychology Today United...
Soteria Bookstall for next webinar 24th April 2021.
Here is the link to this bookstall: Soteria Webinar Bookstall
Creating Safe Spaces for those experiencing extreme states.
Soteria Network UK webinar exploring noncoercive alternatives to psychiatric hospitalisation and community treatment orders. Speakers from the UK, USA and Ireland will talk about creating safe places where people can begin to make sense of their experiences in a...
Soteria bookshop: recommended titles.
Here is a link to our bookshop stocked with recommended titles at very good prices! Soteria Network Titles Archives - Psychological Therapy Books
Book: Heavy Light by Horatio Clare
Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing An extraordinary book: deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful. It travels hard country: mania, paranoia, the huge collateral damage of madness. It shows its readers, unforgettably, what it is like...