title: Telling stories and hearing voices: narrative work with voice hearers in acute care.
abstract: Mental health nurses do not always feel at ease talking in detail with voice hearers about their experiences. Using the approach of Romme and Escher, a project was developed to support staff on an acute inpatient ward to explore voice hearing with patients. Romme and Escher suggest that a person's own understanding of their voices and their meaning is the key to recovery. Working together, the nurse helps voice hearers construct a narrative that tells the story of their voices. Examples from the narratives show how they can help increase understanding of a person's voices, and how the mental health nurse in acute care can realistically offer therapeutic interventions that may help a person towards recovery.
authors: Ward 1, Becklin Centre, Leeds Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Leeds, UK. charles.place@nhs.net
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Place
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Foxcroft
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Shaw
mesh_terms: D006212:Hallucinations / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D024802:Nurse's Role