ENUSP published an article “Perspectives for public policies in mental health. Sick or well – a citizen first: The (Ex-)User/Survivor Voice in Democracy” in L’Information psychiatrique in 2016. We’ve just got the permission to share it. Authors: Guadalupe Morales and Stephanie Wooley.
The article in pdf format is accessible here, see: “Perspectives for public policies in mental health. Sick or well – a citizen first: The (Ex-)User/Survivor Voice in Democracy”.
The European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP) and the European Disability Forum strongly condemn the abuse and severe human rights violations of the residents of the Pliskiv Psychoneurological Residential Institution in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, recently uncovered by activists of the organisation “USER”. The...
Read moreDetailsOn 25 June 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Ştefan, a quadriplegic teenager, on a case he and his mother brought against Romania for denial of the right to education. For years Ştefan Stoian was carried on his mother’s back so he...
Read moreDetailsOn June 19, ENUSP well-known speaker and Board member, Jolijn Santegoeds attended a Conference organized by ENIL at the European Youth Center in Strasbourg. After her speech at the Conference she was interviewed about her opinion on the ways how it is possibile to improve...
Read moreDetailsOn March 16, 2021 the hearing on “Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities” by video-conference was organised by PACE’s Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. The hearing was focused on deinstitutionalization, but also on coercion and the necessity to use “voluntary measures”. ENUSP’s two...
Read moreDetailsOn May 24 the Committee on Bioethics approved the Draft Additional Protocol and decided to send it to the different committees/bodies of the Council of Europe for consultation, namely to the Steering Committee on Human Rights (CDDH), the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture...
Read moreDetailsOn April 11, 2018 ENUSP sent a call to its members to encourage them to address the national stakeholders and raise awareness about the danger the Draft Additional Protocol poses for the rights of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry. Our members from 15 countries has...
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all people have the power to make their own life choices and to speak for themselves,
all people have access to a range of supports which respect their autonomy and dignity,
all people are protected from poverty and have an equal chance to live their lives to their full potential,
all human crisis is seen in its social context; it is not medically labelled or feared, but is embraced as an opportunity for individual and community growth,
all the knowledge of people who have experienced extreme crisis is valued, cultivated and informs systems of support,
all the above conditions are equally true everywhere in Europe
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