We’ve had SUCH a fantastic #ECHR2023 event!

Every presentation gave us new and exciting information about the scientific understanding of hallucinations across the anomalous experience spectrum.

Excitingly, we also had representation from MSc, PhD, Post-doc and junior PIs. The thing I love about our organisation is the chance for everyone to share their work, ideas and aspirations for research.

Thank you so much to Leon Franzen, your lab, students and University of Lübeck of for hosting, along with new Co-chair Catherine Bortolon and outgoing Co-chair Ben Anderson-Day for organising!

We’ve heard about generating hallucinations in mice on ketamine, using robots to induce hallucinations of sensed presence in non-psychotic individuals, and questioned the validity and usefulness of available hallucinations scales.

We’ve unpicked the myriad factors associated with clinical experiences of hallucinations and co-morbidities, and how these might influence therapeutic support and understanding of clinical anomalous experiences.

We’ve also had some fantastic, high quality examples of involving lived experience in research and the clear benefits of embedding this type of work in research.

Early career hallucinations researchers are using multiple, innovative and high quality research methods.

Myself and Cathy Bortolon are so excited to be working with you all as the new Co-chairs! Please get in touch with any ideas you have to grow and shape ECHR!