Manuscripts and lectures about selfhelp, alternatives and critics
to psychiatry
Manuscripts in deutsch
/ francaise / greek
/ italiano / nederlands
/ norsk
In the English language
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Bapu Trust for Research on
Mind and Discourse, India / WNUSP (ed.): First
person stories on forced intervention and being deprived of
legal capacity (2006)
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Boevink, Wilma: Living
with a psychiatric disability: survival, life-art and lessons
to be passed (pdf, 77 KB)
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Boevink, Wilma: Two
sides of recovery. Lecture from the 10th Triptych Congress,
Roermond (Netherlands), November 14, 2002
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Boevink, Wilma / Hans Kroon: Living
with a psychiatric disability: lessons to learn and to pass
(2005) (pdf, 114 KB)
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Breggin, Peter: Electroshock:
scientific, ethical, and political issues. Published in
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine,
Vol, 11 (1998)
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Breggin, Peter: $
6.7 million awarded in Risperdal tardive dyskinesia case
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Buck, Dorothea: Seventy
Years of Coercion in German Psychiatric InstitutionsExperienced
and Witnessed (Google video and pdf).
Keynote speech from June 7, 2007, at the congress "Coercive
Treatment in Psychiatry" (World Psychiatric Association)
in Dresden, Germany
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Burstow, Bonnie: "Understanding
and ending ECT: a feminist perspective" (Winter/Spring
2006). An outstanding article in Canadian Woman Studies by the
Canadian psychologist and University of Toronto faculty member
Bonnie Burstow
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Chamberlin, Judi: Whose
Voice? Whose Choice? Whose Power? Keynote speech from June
7, 2007, at the congress "Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry"
(World Psychiatric Association) in Dresden, Germany (Google
video)
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Cohen, Oryx: MindFreedom
Oral History Project: collected stories from 36 psychiatric
survivors: amazing and inspiring testimonies
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De Wyze, Jeannette: "Still
Crazy After All Those Years; Local Shrink Assails the Schizophrenia
Racket" a biography of Loren R. Mosher's evolution as
a critic of psychiatry's current beliefs and practices and the
consequences it has had for his professional life
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Fleming, Sean: The
failure to inform psychiatric 'patients' of the dangers of neuroleptic
drugs in Ireland. Unpublished manuscript from 2005
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Frank, Leonard Roy: Interview
about the DSM, Psychiatry's Bible on YouTube
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Frank, Leonard Roy: Interview
about so-called atypical neuroleptics like Zyprexa, Risperdal,
Seroquel on YouTube
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Frank, Leonard Roy: Interview
about his insulin- and electroshock experiences on YouTube
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Gombos, Gábor: Interview
from June 2005 about the fight for psychiatric rights on
YouTube
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Gottstein, Jim: How
the Legal System Can Help Create a Recovery Culture in Mental
Health Systems. Attorney Jim Gottstein discusses how strategic
litigation in the United States, combined with a serious public
education campaign and the increased availability of alternatives
to the drugging dominated mental health system, can combine
into a powerful force for positive change. Paper presented at
the conference "Alternatives 2005Leading the Transformation
to Recovery", Phoenix, Arizona, October 28, 2005
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Hansen, Chris: Interview
from June 2005 about Peer Support on YouTube
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Hölling, Iris, Interview
from June 2005 about the Berlin Runaway-house in Berlin
on YouTube
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Hölling, Iris: The
Berlin Runaway-house Three Years of Antipsychiatric
Practice. Article in Changes An International Journal
of Psychology and Psychotherapy (1999)
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Icarus Project / Freedom Center: Harm
reduction guide coming off psychiatric drugs, booklet, New
York / Northampton 2007; full
text for free download (pdf 2,9 MB)
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INTAR (International Network of Treatment Alternatives for
Recovery): International group gathers to promote
non-medical approaches to treating people diagnosed with
mental illness. Press release from November 16, 2004
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Jändke, Lothar: Personal
Motivation for My Antipsychiatric Acting. Article, published
in: Kerstin Kempker & Peter Lehmann (Eds.): "Statt
Psychiatrie" (1993)
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Kempker, Kerstin: The Runaway-house
in Berlin. Lecture, held in Oslo 1999
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Klafki, Hannelore: Making
Common Sense of Voices. Lecture, held at the International
Conference "Dignity and Recovery" at the University College
Cork, February 2005
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Lehmann, Peter: Interview from June 2005 about Self-help
and the Berlin Runaway-house and about Challenging
the medical modell on YouTube (in German with English subtitles)
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Lehmann, Peter: Promotion of mental health and prevention of
mental disorders by empowermentIs there a psychiatry-policy
without meaningful participation of (ex-) users/survivors of
psychiatry? Contribution for: Promotion of Mental Health on
the European Agenda: European Conference on Promotion of Mental
Health and Social Inclusion. 10-13 October 1999, Tampere (Finland).
Published
version (pdf, 54 KB) / unshortened
manuscript (pdf, 113 KB)
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Lehmann, Peter: "Progressive"
Psychiatry. Publisher J. F. Lehmann as Promoter of Social Psychiatry
under Fascism. Article in Changes An International
Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy (1994)
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Lehmann, Peter: Variety
instead of stupidityAbout the different positions
within the movement of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry.
Key note speech at the congress of the German Organization of
(ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry 1997
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Lehmann, Peter: The
Particular Elements of Soteria from the Perspective of (ex-)
Users and Survivors of Psychiatry. Lecture at the congress
"Soteria and No Restraint", Merano, Italy, November
21-23, 2007
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Lehmann, Peter: All
about PSY DREAM. Psychiatric Drug Registration, Evaluation and
All-inclusive Monitoring. Article in Epidemiologia e
psichiatria sociale, Vol. 14 (2005), No. 1, pp. 15-21
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Lehmann, Peter: From
the Madhouse to the Warmth of Others. Article in aainaA
mental health advocacy newsletter (India), Vol. 7 (2007),
No. 3, pp. 9-12
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Lehmann, Peter: Psychiatric
emergency-treatment: help against one's will or action of
professional violence? Article published in: Michel De Clercq
/ Antonio Andreoli / Suzanne Lamarre / Peter Forster (Eds.):
"Emergency Psychiatry in a Changing World". Proceedings
of the 5th World Congress of the International Association for
Emergency Psychiatry, Brussels, Belgium, 15-17 October 1998
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Lehmann, Peter: For
and against psychotropic drugs. Proposal as position-paper
for the European Network of (ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry,
published in: European Newsletter of (ex-)Users and Survivors
of Psychiatry, No. 6 (Spring 1997)
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Lehmann, Peter: Stop
exclusion, dare to share! Commentary of a "Mental Health
Advocate" at the World Health Day 2001. Speach at the meeting:
Mental Health "Stop ExclusionDare to care",
WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. April 6, 2001
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Lehmann, Peter: The
political dimension of self-help movement of people with psychotic
experiences. Paper for the "1st
International ConferenceQuality of Life and Psychology",
run by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece at the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, December 2004
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Lehmann, Peter: Treatment-induced
suicide. Suicidality as a potential effect of psychiatric drugs.
Contribution to the conference Coping with stress and depression
related problems in Europe, organized by the World Health
Organization, the European Commission and the Federal Ministry
of Social Affairs, Public Health and the Environment (Belgium),
Brussels, October 25-27, 2001
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Lehmann, Peter: White
Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity
of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed
as involuntary patients. Speech at the "European Conference
on Mental Health 2001: Visibly Improved, Improved Visibility",
Rotterdam, March 2001
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Lehmann, Peter: Keynote
presentation at "Whose Recovery is it Anyway",
congress run by the Social Perspectives Network, London, October
16, 2007 (pdf, 533 KB)
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Lehmann, Peter: Review
of Ron Bassman's book The Fight to Be, in: Journal
of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol.
7 (2007), no. 4, p. 264 (pdf, 205 KB)
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Lehmann, Peter: Formal
Previous-Consent and Previous-Rejection of Psychiatric Drugs
and Electroshocks. Theory and Practice of the Psychiatric
Will. Lecture at the Conference RESPONSABILITE, DROITS ET PROTECTION
DANS LE CHAMP DE LA SANTE MENTALE EN EUROPE, Madrid 7-9. October
1994
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Lehmann, Peter / Kerstin Kempker: Unconventional
approaches to psychiatry, Article in Clinical Psychology
Forum (1993)
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Martensson, Lars: Should
neuroleptics be banned? Often re-published article of August
1984
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Mezzich, Juan E. (President
of the World Psychiatric Association): The
dialogal basis of our profession: Psychiatry with the Person
(text
as pdf), in: World Psychiatry,. 2007, October; 6(3): 129–130
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Mosher, Loren R.: Letter
of Resignation from the American Psychiatric Association,
to Rodrigo Munoz, M.D., President of the APA, December 4, 1998
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Mosher, Loren R.: How
Drug Company Money Has Corrupted Psychiatry
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Nettle, Mary: Cooperation
and Understanding versus Custodialism and Violence—User-
and Survivor Involvement in Services, Education, Administration
and Political Decision-making (Google video). Contribution
at the Symposium "Banned by Bio-psychiatry: What Users
and Survivors of Psychiatry Really Want" (chaired by Peter
Lehmann) at the congress "Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry"
(World Psychiatric Association), Dresden 2007
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Nettle, Mary: Interview
from June 2005 about user/survivor-led research on YouTube
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Nettle, Mary: Employment
Needs of People with Mental Health Problems (article in
Newsletter of the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors
of Psychiatry from 1997)
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Newnes, Craig: Constructing
the Service User. The psychiatric system uses the term "service
user" to emphasize consumerism and voluntarism as if the people
being psychiatrized are using a service in the way they may
use banking or bus servicesbut they are not. Article for
Clinical Psychology, Vol. 50 (July 2005) (pdf, 62 KB)
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Oaks, David: Interview
about MindFreedom International from June 2005 onYouTube
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Oaks, David: Respecting
Human Rights as a sine qua non for All Kind of Treatment and
Support: The Strategy of MindFreedom International (Google
video). Contribution at the Symposium "Banned by Bio-psychiatry:
What Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Really Want" (chaired
by Peter Lehmann) at the congress "Coercive Treatment in
Psychiatry" (World Psychiatric Association), Dresden 2007
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Oaks, David: Madness
and the Mental Health System – Psychiatric Survivors and
Human Rights. Article in Alternative - Resources for Cultural
Creativity, Issue 37 (Spring 2006)
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O'Hagan, Mary: Interview
from May 2005 about forced psychiatric treatment on YouTube
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Schreiber Mosher, Judy:
Does Soteria Have Future? Lecture at the congress "Soteria
and No Restraint", Merano, Italy, November 21-23, 2007
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Smail, David: Critical
Psychology from PCCS Books
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Stastny, Peter:
The International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR)
(Google video). Contribution at the Symposium "Banned by
Bio-psychiatry: What Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Really
Want" (chaired by Peter Lehmann) at the congress "Coercive
Treatment in Psychiatry" (World Psychiatric Association),
Dresden 2007
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Stastny, Peter: On
not having had the experience. Pioneer Dialogues at South
Florida State Hospital, January 31, 1992
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Sterling, Peter: Testimony
to the New York State Assembly about brain damage by electroconvulsive
"therapy" (2001)
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Vincent, Roy C.: Listening
to the Silences. Online book about hearing voices: "The
Author describes more than 25 years personal experience of voice
hearing and physical presence that are unquestionably the result
of spiritual intrusion into his mind and body – thereby providing
new and profound insights into the origins of 'schizophrenia',
and the most effective ways of helping voice hearers to regain
control over their minds and lives, and of helping carers, nurses
and psychiatric professionals to develop understanding."
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Webb, David: The
Many Languages of Suicide. Lecture presented at "Suicide
Prevention Australia" Conference, Sydney, June 2002; originally
published in New Paradim, the journal of Vicserve,
Australia; republished in Journal of Critical Psychology,
Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 5 (2005), no. 3, pp. 145
-150
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Webb, David: Bridging
the spirituality gap. In Australian e-Journal for the
Advancement of Mental Health, Vol. 4 (2005); republished
in Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and
Psychotherapy, Vol. 5 (2005), No. 4, pp. 201-212
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Webb, David: Self,
soul and spirit Suicidology's blind-spots? Finding
meaning to sustain life: The place of spirituality in suicide
prevention. Paper from the Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA)
Conference – Brisbane, June 2003
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Webb, David: Depression:
a psychospiritual perspective. Paper from the conference
“Exclusion and Embrace – Conversations about Spirituality and
Disability” in Melbourne, Australia, 18-21 October 2001
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Weitz, Don: Electroshocking
elderly people: Another psychiatric abuse (unpublished manuscript)
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Whitaker, Robert:
Strategies of Drug Companies to Optimize the Sales of Their
Psychiatric Drugs—The Rise and Fall of the 'Atypical' Neuroleptics:
A Case Study in How the Pharmaceutical Industry Hypes its Products
(Google video). Contribution at the Symposium "Banned by
Bio-psychiatry: What Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Really
Want" (chaired by Peter Lehmann) at the congress "Coercive
Treatment in Psychiatry" (World Psychiatric Association),
Dresden 2007
- Whitaker, Robert: The
Truth About "Schizophrenia" & Fixing Chemical Imbalances on
YouTube
In the Greek language
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Kempker, Kerstin: Σταματώντας τα ψυχοφάρμακα στο Σπίτι Φυγής
(pdf, 68 KB)
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Πέτερ Λέμαν:
Η ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΚΙΝΗΣΕΩΝ ΑΥΤΟΒΟΗΘΕΙΑΣ
ΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝ ΜΕ ΨΥΧΩΣΙΚΗ ΕΜΠΕΙΡΙΑ.
Η ιστορία του «Ευρωπαϊκού Δικτύου πρώην χρηστών και επιζησάντων της ψυχιατρικής» (ENUSP).
In: Τετράδια Ψυχιατρικής
(2005)
(pdf, 153 KB)
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Lehmann, Peter: Interview
about selfhelp. Greek translation (pdf, 116 KB)
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Lehmann, Peter: Critical
Measures for a Political and Social Integration of (ex-) Users
and Survivors of Psychiatry. Lecture at the conference:
SOCIETY AND MENTAL HEALTH, 19-20 October 2007, Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki. In Greek translation (pdf, 552 KB)
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von Trotha, Thilo:
Περί του αδύνατου της βίωσης μιας ψύχωσης, ή: τι δεν με βοηθάει, όταν τρελαίνομαι
(pdf, 97 KB)
In the Italian language
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Lehmann, Peter: Prospettive
per gli (Ex-)Utenti e Sopravvissuti ai Servizi Psichiatrici
(pubblicato in inglese in Themes from Finland, 1998)
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Lehmann, Peter: Ricaduta
nella vita (pubblicato in: Peter Lehmann (Ed.): Liberarsi
dagli psicofarmaci. Riuscire con pieno successo a liberarsi
da neurolettici, antidepressivi, stabilizzanti dell'umore, Ritalin
e tranquillanti)
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Lehmann, Peter: Suicidio
indotto dai trattamenti. La suicidalità come effetto potenziale
dei farmaci psichiatrici - Uno studio scientificamente documentato
presentato sulla rivista ufficiale ENUSP, l' ENUSP è l'associazione
degli (ex-) Utenti e Sopravvissuti alla psichiatria europei.
(puoi vedere direttamente cliccando qui in versione testo inglese
a fianco o all'interno del sito) (1 sett 2003)
In
the Norwegian language
In the Dutch language
In the French language
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