Marius Romme
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Marius Anton Joannes Romme (born 17 January 1934, Amsterdam
) is a Dutch psychiatrist
. He is best known for his work on hearing voices
(auditory hallucinations) and regarded as the founder and principal theorist for the Hearing Voices Movement
.
Romme studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam, where he also received his PhD in 1967. From 1974 to 1999 he was professor of social psychiatry
at the Medical Faculty of the University of Maastricht
(Netherlands
), as well as consultant psychiatrist at the Community Mental Health Centre in Maastricht
. He is now visiting professor at the Mental Health Policy Centre, Birmingham City University
in Birmingham
.
Romme has stated that schizophrenia
"is a harmful concept" and that delusions, hearing voices and hallucinations, so-called "symptoms" of schizophrenia are not related to an illness but may be reactions to traumatic and troubling events in life.
He is also credited with developing Experience Focussed Counselling
together with Dr. Sandra Escher
& Joachim Schnackenberg.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
) is a Dutch psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
. He is best known for his work on hearing voices
Hearing Voices
Hearing Voices or Hearing voices may be:* Auditory hallucination* Hearing Voices , 2001 audio-recording collection by D. Mahler* Hearing Voices Movement, a different way of viewing people who hear voices...
(auditory hallucinations) and regarded as the founder and principal theorist for the Hearing Voices Movement
Hearing Voices Movement
Hearing Voices Movement is a philosophical trend in how people who hear voices are viewed. It was begun by Marius Romme, a professor of social psychiatry at the University of Limburg in Maastricht, the Netherlands; and Sandra Escher, a science journalist, who began this work after being challenged...
.
Romme studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam, where he also received his PhD in 1967. From 1974 to 1999 he was professor of social psychiatry
Social psychiatry
Social psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the "interpersonal" and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing. It involves a sometimes disparate set of theories and approaches, with work stretching from epidemiological survey research on the one hand, to an indistinct...
at the Medical Faculty of the University of Maastricht
Universiteit Maastricht
Maastricht University is a public university in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 1976, the university is the second youngest in the Netherlands. The university's founding name was Rijksuniversiteit Limburg and was changed into Universiteit Maastricht in 1996...
(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
), as well as consultant psychiatrist at the Community Mental Health Centre in Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
. He is now visiting professor at the Mental Health Policy Centre, Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
.
Romme has stated that schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
"is a harmful concept" and that delusions, hearing voices and hallucinations, so-called "symptoms" of schizophrenia are not related to an illness but may be reactions to traumatic and troubling events in life.
He is also credited with developing Experience Focussed Counselling
Experience Focussed Counselling
Experience Focused Counselling is a new approach to counselling aimed specifically at those who experience auditory hallucinations, visions or other phenomena which are commonly associated with schizophrenia and other mental disorders.- Aspects :...
together with Dr. Sandra Escher
Sandra Escher
Alexandre Dorothée Marie Adriaan Charlotte Escher is a Dutch psychiatrist.Sandra Escher was first trained at the School of Journalism in Utrecht, before she began to work at the University of Maastricht, department of Social Psychiatry. She became also a senior staff member at the Community...
& Joachim Schnackenberg.
Publications
Publications by Professor Marius Romme et al.:- Escher, A.D.M.A.C., Romme, M.A.J., Breuls,M., Driessen,G., (1987). Maatschappelijk kwetsbaar en langdurig psychiatrisch ziek zijn. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie, 29:5,266-281.
- Escher, A.D.M.A.C.,Romme, M.A.J.(1989).Stemmen horen. Positieve effecten van leren omgaan met stemmen. Tijdschrift voor Ziekenverpleging 24, p. 784-788
- Escher, A.D.M.A.C.,Romme, M.A.J.(1991).Het dagboek als communicatiemiddel bij auditieve hallucinaties. Tijdschrift voor Ziekenverpleging (TVZ) 15 augustus 1991 543-547 Escher., A.D.M.A.C. (1993)Stemmen horen: ziekte, gave, topervaring of fase in een groeiproces? Klankspiegel, maart 1993
- Escher, A., Romme, M. (1998) Small talk: voice-hearing in Children. Open Mind July/August.
- Escher, A., Romme, M., Buiks, A., Delespaul, Ph., Van Os, J., (2002a) Independent course of childhood auditory hallucinations: a sequential 3-year follow-up study. British Journal of PsychiatryBritish Journal of PsychiatryThe British Journal of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by the Royal College of Psychiatrists containing original research, systematic reviews, commentaries on contentious articles, short reports, a comprehensive book review section, and a correspondence column...
. 181 (suppl. 43), s10-s18 - Escher, A., Romme, M., Buiks, A., Delespaul, Ph., Van Os, J., (2002b) Formation of delusional ideation in adolescents hearing voices: a prospective study. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 114: 913-920
- Escher, A.D.M., Romme,M.A.J., Buiks, A., Delespaul, Ph., Van Os, J., (2002) Kinderen en jeugdigen die stemmen horen: een prospectief driejarig onderzoek. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor kinder en jeugdpsychotherapie. Jaargang 29, nr. 4. blz. 4-21.
- Escher, A., Romme, M., (2002). Het Maastrichts Interview voor kinderen en Jeugdigen (MIK). Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor kinder en jeugdpsychotherapie. Jaargang 29, nr. 4. blz. 22-45.
- Escher, A., Delespaul, P., Romme, M., Buiks, A., Van Os. J. (2003) Coping defence and depression in adolescents hearing voices. Journal of Mental Health. 12,1,91-99
- Escher, A. D., Romme, M. A., et al. (2003). Formación de la ideación delirante en adolescentes con alucinaciones auditivas: un estudio prospectivo. Intervención en crisis y tratamiento agudo de los trastornos psiquiátricos graves. P. Pichot, J. Ezcurra, A. González-Pinto and M. Gutiérrz Fraile. Madrid, Aula Médica Ediciones: 185-208.
- Escher, A., Morris, M., Buiks, A., Delespaul, Ph., Van Os, J., Romme, M. (2004) Determinants of outcome in the pathways through care for children hearing voices. International Journal of social Welfare. 13, 208-222
- Pennings, M.H.A., Romme, M.A.J. ,. Buiks, A.A.J.G.M. (1996) Auditieve hallucinaties bij patiënten en niet-patiënten. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie.
- Noorthoorn, E.,Dijkman,C., Escher,A., Romme,M. (1988) Resultaten van de enquête, in Omgaan met stemmen horen. Blz. 199-214. Uitgever; Vakgroep Sociale psychiatrie, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg. Noorthoorn,O., Romme, M.A.J.,Escher A.D.M.A.C. (1990). Wat kunnen mensen die stemmen horen de psychiatrie leren?. Sociale Dienstverlening in Nederland. Analyse en evaluatie (Red. E.K. Hicks) p. 60-70
- Romme, M.A.J.,Escher,A.,Radstake,D.,Breuls,M(1987). Een indeling in groepen van patiënten met een langdurige psychiatrische patiëntencarrière. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie, 29,4,197-211.
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1987) Leren omgaan met het horen van stemmen. Maandblad Geestelijk Volksgezondheid 718, p 825-831.
- Romme,M.A.J., Escher,A.D.M.A.C. (1988).eds. Research to practice in Community Psychiatry. van Gorkum, Maastricht/Assen.
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher,A.D.M.A.C., Habets, V.P.M.J.H.(1988). Omgaan met stemmen horen. (red). Universiteit Maastricht, vakgroep sociale Psychiatrie.
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C.: Hearing Voices (1989) Schizophrenia Bulletin 15 (2): 209 - 216
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1989). Effects of mutual contacts from people with auditory hallucinations. Perspectief no 3, 37-43, July 1989
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1989). Stimmen hőren inKontakt, Zeitschrift der HPE Österreich nr 116, Oktober 1989
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher,A.D.M.A.C. (1990) Effecten van het onderlinge contact tussen mensen die stemmen horen. Oostland no 2, 8-14,
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1990). Heard but not seen. Open Mind No 49, 16-18,
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1991). Sense in voices. Open Mind 53, The mental health magazine, 9 November
- Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1991).Undire le Voci. Spazi della Menten nr. 8, December 1991 p 3-9
- Romme, M.A.J., Honig, A., Noorthoorn, O., Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1991) Coping with voices: an emancipatory approach. British Journal of PsychiatryBritish Journal of PsychiatryThe British Journal of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by the Royal College of Psychiatrists containing original research, systematic reviews, commentaries on contentious articles, short reports, a comprehensive book review section, and a correspondence column...
161, 99-103 - M. Romme, A. Honig, E. O. Noorthorn & S. Escher: Coping with hearing voices: an emanciapatory approach (1992) British Journal of PsychiatryBritish Journal of PsychiatryThe British Journal of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by the Royal College of Psychiatrists containing original research, systematic reviews, commentaries on contentious articles, short reports, a comprehensive book review section, and a correspondence column...
- Marius Romme and Sandra Escher: (Eds.), Accepting Voices (1993, second edition 1998), 258 pages, MIND Publications, London.
- Marius Romme and Sandra Escher: (Eds) Understanding voices: coping with auditory hallucinations and confusing realities (1996) First published by Rijksuniversitiet Maastricht, Limburg, Holland and also English edition, Handsell Publications
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C (1997) Stimmen hőren akzeptieren. Psychiatrie-Verlag. Bonn.
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C (1997) Acceptare le voice. Giuffrè editore. Milano
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C (1997) Na compananhia das voces. Editorial Estampa, Lda., Lisboa Portugal
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C (1997) Moniääniset. Printway Oy, Vantaa.Finland.
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1998) Πризиание Ґоλосов. Geneva Initiative on Psychiatrie, Zwitserland.
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1999). Omgaan met stemmen horen. Stichting Positieve Gezondheidszorg. Bemelen.
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1999) Stemmen horen accepteren. Tirion, Baarn.
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1999) Stimmenhören Akzeptieren, Neunplus 1 Berlin. Duitsland.
- Romme, Marius and Escher, Sandra: Making Sense of Voices - A guide for professionals who work with voice hearers: (2000) MIND Publications
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C (2003) Förstå och hantera roster. RSNH. Riksförbundet för Social och Mental Hälsa.Stockholm. Sweden
- Romme, M.A.J., Escher, A.D.M.A.C (2003) Giv stemmerne mening. Systime Academic. Århus, Denmark.
- Romme & Escher (2005). Managing Distressing Voice Hearing Experiences In Wellness Recovery Action Plan. Mary Ellen Copeland edited by Piers Allott. P.Sefton Recovery Group, Liverpool, UK. P. 114-118.
- Romme, Marius, Morris, Mervyn. The harmful concept of Schizophrenia, Mental Health Nursing, 7 - 11 March 2007
See also
- Hearing Voices NetworkHearing Voices NetworkThe Hearing Voices Network is a self-help user-run organization for people who experience auditory hallucinations . Although members may have a psychiatric diagnosis, the group promotes an alternative approach, where voices are not necessarily seen as signs of mental illness.-Description and...
- Hearing Voices MovementHearing Voices MovementHearing Voices Movement is a philosophical trend in how people who hear voices are viewed. It was begun by Marius Romme, a professor of social psychiatry at the University of Limburg in Maastricht, the Netherlands; and Sandra Escher, a science journalist, who began this work after being challenged...
- Interpretation of Schizophrenia
- Ross Institute for Psychological TraumaRoss Institute for Psychological TraumaThe Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma is a psychiatric hospital in Dallas, Texas in the United States founded by Colin A. Ross in 1991, treating adults suffering from depression, self-mutilation, suicide ideation, anxiety, dissociative schizophrenia, dissociation and substance abuse...
- Trauma model of mental disordersTrauma model of mental disordersTrauma models of mental disorders emphasize the effects of psychological trauma, particularly in early development, as the key causal factor in the development of some or many psychiatric disorders .Trauma models are typically founded on the view that traumatic experiences...
- Experience Focussed CounsellingExperience Focussed CounsellingExperience Focused Counselling is a new approach to counselling aimed specifically at those who experience auditory hallucinations, visions or other phenomena which are commonly associated with schizophrenia and other mental disorders.- Aspects :...