COVID-19 Joint Statement
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… Read More »
Updated List of Good Practices Recommended by ENUSP
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… Read More »
ENUSP member wins the third place in the photo competition “Reclaiming Your Rights”
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… Read More »
ENUSP and EDF condemn the appalling human rights violations in the Pliskiv Psychoneurological Institution in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, November 15, 2019
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… Read More »
Honoring Dorothea Buck’s memory
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… Read More »
Responding to the catastrophic reduction of life expectancy among psychiatric patients: article published
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… Read More »
European Court of Human Rights Fails Students with Disabilities
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… Read More »
We need to remind MEPs to reestablish the Disability Intergroup
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… Read More »
Jolijn Santegoeds speaking about the need to end forced treatment in Europe
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… Read More »
Mental health and housing: the outcomes of a three-year ERASMUS+ project in Italy
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… Read More »