Terence McLaughlin
Dr Terence McLaughlin, Editor of Asylum (1947 - 2007)
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Terence was executive editor of the Asylum Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry, a founder member of the Campaign for Abolition of the Schizophrenia Label , and a key activist in the hearing voices movement since its beginnings.
Terence will be an irreplaceable figure in our movement and will be remembered by all those who knew him for his intellectual drive and moral integrity, his supportiveness and his absolute belief in the human rights of people who hear voices and experience mental distress.
Terence, with a background in political radicalism and Trade Unionism, coupled with a doctorate in psychology, his PhD 'Psychology and mental health politics: A critical history of the Hearing Voices Movement' at Manchester Metropolitan University was examined by Marius Romme in 2000. Terence had an alert and critical knowledge of mental health issues, psychology and psychiatry and as he said "To the fight against sexism, racism and homophobia we should add the practice of psychophobia in the provision of mental health".
In Remembrance of Terence McLaughlin (1947 - 2007) here
Read Terence´s account of the Childrens Hearing Voices Conference held in Amsterdam, 1993 here
Visit the Asylum Online site here