HowTheLightGetsIn, the Hay-on-Wye based philosophy and music festival is to hold talks and debates on mental health and psychiatry at their event which takes place from May 26th – June 5th.
Topics for debate include the following:
Baroness Molly Meacher, Chair of the East London NHS Foundation Trust and former Mental Health Act Commissioner, on the future of arts provision in mental healthcare.
http://www.howthelightgetsin.org/tickets/#creating-change
Vocal critic of psychiatry Richard Bentall on ‘Why Society Drives You Mad’, suggesting that social inequality, racism and the built environment have a far more significant role to play in mental illness than the biomedical establishment acknowledges.
http://www.howthelightgetsin.org/tickets/#why-society-drives-you-mad
The enormous therapeutic benefits of song. Professor Stephen Clift tells the story of his project setting up choirs for dementia sufferers and will lead the audience in a workshop on therapeutic vocal techniques.
http://www.howthelightgetsin.org/tickets/#awakening-the-voice
For more information on the event please visit: www.howthelightgetsin.org