TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper seeks to offer a profile of Peter Bullimore, one of the most dynamic lived experience speakers and trainers in the mental health world.Design/methodology/approach– A profile of Peter is built up through an in‐depth interview by psychologist Jerome Carson. Areas covered include: his experience of hearing voices; his work in Australia and New Zealand; stigma; recovery; inspiring individuals in mental health; his personal illness and medication; the media; and changes and challenges.Findings– Peter tells us that hearing voices are signs of a problem not an illness, and are often linked to trauma. He feels British work on recovery is in advance of that in Australia and New Zealand. He sees a day when it will no longer be necessary to use the term schizophrenia. Instead of recovery people should be thinking of discovery.Originality/value– For too long the only voices that have been heard in the mental health field have been the professional voices. Peter's is one of many new inspirational voices to have emerged from the developing service user movement.
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
SN  - 2042-8308
DO  - 10.1108/20428301211255392
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/20428301211255392
AU  - Bullimore Peter
AU  - Carson Jerome
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Remarkable lives: Peter Bullimore in conversation with Jerome Carson
T2  - Mental Health and Social Inclusion
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 121
EP  - 126
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -