“A young NHS hospital doctor called “Ruth” is suspended because she is suffering from depression. She does not tell her employers that she is also hearing a voice in her head, telling her to kill herself. To do so would mean dismissal and probably get her sectioned. She turns to Rufus May, an unorthodox NHS psychiatrist* who rejects the use of medication. He believes such voices are full of meaning and that patients should engage with them. He talks to the voices himself. He talks to Ruth’s……”

“…..Inevitably, this film raises far more questions than it can possibly answer. But it shines a powerful light on a condition that, for the sufferers and their families, can be, literally, a matter of life and death.” (The Times)

The Doctor Who Hears Voices, Mon 21 April 2008, Channel 4, 10pm

The full article from the Times, including an interview with the Director Leo Regan can be read here

Rufus May has his own website at www.rufusmay.com and has also written an article called Underground Recovery about the background to the film.

* Rufus May is actually a clinical psychologist, not a psychiatrist. The Times got that wrong.