On 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 ...

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 ...

The article, published in BJPSYCH INTERNATIONAL in August 2017, reports the findings of a survey of service users regarding their experiences of coercion and restraint in the UK and embeds this in the wider international and institutional environment. The article mentions efforts of ENUSP with ...

Research published on 22 June 2017 by the Mental Health Alliance shows that Mental Health Act isn't working. The research includes the views of over 8000 people who use mental health services, carers, and professionals. Half of those who responded did not think that people ...

Recovery, empowerment and experiential expertise. In this documentary (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry speak about their lived experience from hospitalization to recovery. They discuss what is helpful and what is not helpful at all. Among the most brilliant phrases are: "Insanity is a perfectly sane ...

The picture illustrating this post is not taken in a mental institution. It's from a TV show. A French popular and long-standing game show "Fort Boyard" broadcast in 30 countries has decided to organize a show based on isolation and contention in psychiatry. Candidates are ...

According to the study published in CNS Drugs on June 16, 2017, 37 out of 10,000 clozapine users have serious gastrointestinal hypomotility with clozapine the suspected cause, and at least 7 of them actually die (case fatality rate 18 %). Researchers say actual numbers may ...

Not so long ago two Lithuanian businesswomen were caught organizing "training sessions" during which they would take heads of companies to interact with psychiatric patients. Course cost around 7.700 Eur, and participants of the course were not informed that they are going to psychiatric hospital ...

Joint WHO/UN statement, issued on June 28, 2017 calls upon all stakeholders to help the UN take actions against discrimination in healthcare, including by changing legislation and policies. "Laws and policies must respect the principles of autonomy in health care decision-making; guarantee free and informed ...

Biased reporting example: a study claims that children with ADHD have smaller brains and forgets to highlight the higher IQ scores. Information about the IQ of childen with ADHD can be found only in the appendix of the study, not available in the free version. ...