On March 26, 2020 a Statement on COVID-19 was issued by regional and international organizations of people with psychosocial disabilities, including ENUSP, with recommendations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement was published in different languages, please see the text of the Satetement below. COVID-19 Joint Statement, English (doc) English (pdf) COVID-19 y las personas con discapacidad psicosocial, Español (pdf) COVID-19 et...
ENUSP recommends the following services for the consideration of policymakers. Open Dialogue Approach from Finland See: http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-alternatives/finland-open-dialogue An introduction to peer-supported open dialogue in mental healthcare, Russell Razzaque & Tom Stockmann, UK: http://developingopendialogue.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/An-Introduction-to-Peer-supported-open-dialogue-in-mental-healthcare.-Razzaque-Stockmann.pdf Documentary film on Open Dialogue by D. Mackler (free on youtube) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDVhZHJagfQ&t=2819s Open Dialogue after 19 years outcomes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178117323338?fbclid=IwAR3KjQpT-cqmShUndpFoUNykk_syoXWHsn0Q5xWHmgldZ0iTS_5bFJU9qMU Family Group Conferencing (FGC) from the Netherlands See: http://punkertje.waarbenjij.nu/reisverslag/4567654/presentation-text-on-eindhoven-model-cosp Advance Directives See:...
We are happy to inform the audience that our member Luc Thibaud (France) won the third place(ex aequo) in the photo competition "Reclaiming Your Rights" organized by EDF. His photo was presented also at the European Days of Persons with Disabilities (see below the photo our representative, Jolijn Santegoeds with the photo of the winner). Luc describes the meaning of the photo as follows: "This...
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 disturbing footage collected by activists exposed practices that should never happen to any person: residents, all who are persons with...
The Board of ENUSP and our members extend our condolences and sympathy for the passing of Dorothea Buck to her colleagues, family and friends. She lived through extremely difficult times in Nazi Germany, underwent forced sterilization and yet she survived. Dorothea was an example of a true warrior who despite her very painful past remained active, enthusiastic and hopeful for the future. She was a...
The article on the lecture of Peter Lehmann on the reduced life expectancy of psychiatric patients with serious psychiatric diagnoses at the WPA Congress 2017 in Berlin was published in July, 2019 in a book on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations at Routledge. The article deals with exemplary measures to reduce mortality risks from...
On 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 could attend his class on a second-floor classroom. On several occasions Ştefan was refused support by the school to access...
The new European Parliament is about to start its work on July 2 and it is necessary to remind MEPs about the necessity to reestablish the Disability Intergroup. Even though the Disability Intergroup exists since the beginning, 40 years ago, many companies and organisations now lobby to have an intergroup too and there is a risk that the Disability Intergroup will not be reformed. In...
On 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 mental healthcare in Europe. A 5 minutes video was filmed that you can see below. https://twitter.com/coe/status/1141301687824470016?fbclid=IwAR1mt8L378frr8B6KWHfqAozOMMvxgqFG-6DXkmOQ05aSiSdyMsd6zXnzuU The subtitles for the...
On June 14th and 15th, 2019, an international conference was held at Sant’Eugenio Hospital in Rome to conclude HERO (Housing: an educational European ROad to Civil Rights). The three-year-long project was promoted and coordinated by the Department of Mental Health at ASL Roma 2, the largest metropolitan department of MH in Italy, with over 1,300,000 residents. Apart from ASL Roma 2, the project was joined by...
all people are free to be themselves, are valued equally and treated with dignity,
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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