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”.
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