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| The Hearing Voices Network is a self-help user-run
organization for people who 'hear voices'. Although members may
have a psychiatric diagnosis, the group promotes an alternative
approach, where voices are not necessarilly seen as signs of
mental illness. They argue that since some people can lead a
valuable and productive existence while hearing voices, the
largely drug-based and potentially coercive treatment of
mainstream medicine might do more harm than good in people who
can otherwise function adequately. It was founded in 1989 in
Manchester by five mental health workers, but has somewhat
distanced itself from the psychiatric profession through its
alternative philosophy. The general approach of the network is
shared with other groups around the world, which are often
grouped as the 'Hearing Voices Movement'. Dutch psychiatrist
Marius Romme, the co-author of Accepting Voices, has