About the impossibility of a single (ex-) user and survivor of psychiatry position
Hölling, I.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum 410: 102-106
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-1591 PMID: 11863044 Document Number: 527064
To present the European Network of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry and discuss issues of concern among (ex-)users and survivors. Material from papers and documents published by and discussed among (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry is used to outline topics of interest. The European Network of (ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP) was founded in 1991 as an association of national/regional organizations of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry. The network organizes biennial conferences, all delegates are (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry. ENUSP aims include the fight against discrimination of people with experience of the psychiatric system, support for (ex-)user/ survivor organizations, influence on policy-making, legislation and human rights debates, demedicalizing psychiatry, and opposition to unidimensional approaches to mental and emotional distress. (Ex-)users and survivors should be involved in monitoring psychiatric services, education and examination of mental health professionals. User/survivor-controlled services constitute an important innovative service.