We're part of an international movement of service users, survivors, activists, carers, academics and professionals fighting for more humane, non-coercive mental health services.
People who hear voices, have visions or experience reality in different ways to those around them — and become overwhelmed by their experiences — are often referred to as experiencing ‘psychosis’.
We believe that people can and do recover from such difficulties. And that this recovery can be without, or with much reduced, use of psychiatric drug based intervention. We support the development of drug-free or minimum medication therapeutic environments for people experiencing psychosis.
We are now partners in an NIHR community research project. Alongside service users, trustees will be involved in shaping the design of an ongoing research programme - which aims to explore how the Soteria approach might be developed by the NHS, as an alternative to standard inpatient hospital care.
While we are not currently able to offer guidance or support, we hope you will find the Support & Resources page helpful.
Soteria pioneers have written on philosophy, experience and research. Here too are articles and books presenting alternative approaches congruent with Soteria’s, and critical views of the state of psychiatry. Poetry and art are also featured!
Soteria Network is part of a wider movement for radical change in mental health approaches in the 21st century and therefore seeks to convey knowledge and awareness of these through providing links to a range of websites.
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March 2025 New research will explore the ‘Soteria’ approach as an alternative to psychiatric inpatient admission in the UK Greater Manchester researchers have partnered with service users, carers, families, and community groups to explore an alternative approach to...
The following blog, shared on Mad in America, provides an overview of the research study “Designing Recovery-Oriented Care”. The study explores how therapeutic farm communities can implement recovery-oriented mental health practices, and is informing the...
Friend of Soteria Network UK, Mad in America are hosting an online event in three weeks time titled The Case For Soteria: Past, Present and Future. It features Robert Whitaker as host, with Al Garves, Gene Larkin and Susan Musante as panelists. Panelists discuss...
