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The great book of alternatives
to psychiatry around the world. (Ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry,
therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists and relatives
report about their alternative work, their successes, their individual
and collective experiences. The book highlights alternatives beyond
psychiatry, current possibilities of self-help for individuals
experiencing madness, and strategies toward implementing humane
treatment.
These are some of the questions, which are addressed by the 61
authors—(ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry, medical
practitioners, therapists, lawyers, social scientists, psychiatrists
and relatives from all continents: What helps me if I go mad? How
can I find trustworthy help for a relative or a friend in need? How
can I protect myself from coercive treatment? As
a family member or friend, how can I help? What
should I do if I can no longer bear to work in the mental health
field? What are the alternatives
to psychiatry? How can I get involved
in creating alternatives? Assuming
psychiatry would be abolished, what do you propose instead?
 Peter
Stastny (right) was born in Vienna, Austria, where he graduated
from medical school in 1976. Since 1978, he has been working and
residing in New York City. Taught at the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine in the Bronx until 2009 and has conducted several
publically funded research projects in the area of vocational
rehabilitation, social support and self-help, in collaboration
with individuals who had survived personal crises and psychiatric
interventions. Currently, Dr. Stastny is working on the development
of alternative services that obviate psychiatric intervention
and offer autonomous paths towards recovery and full integration.
These activities have engendered a close collaboration with the
user-survivor movement, as manifested by joint research projects,
publications, service demonstrations, and community work. He is
a founding member of the International
Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR) (Stand: January
2011). More
about Peter Stastny
Peter Lehmann (left). Born in Calw, Black Forest (Germany).
Education in social
pedagogy. Living in Berlin. Author and editor since 1986,
then foundation of Peter
Lehmann Publishing and Mail-order Bookstore. 1989 co-founder
of the Association for Protection against Psychiatric Violence
(running the Runaway-house Berlin). In 1991, co-founder of the
European
Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP);
from 1997-99, Chair of ENUSP; until 2010, board member. From 1997-2000,
member of the Executive Committee of Mental
Health Europe, the European section of the World
Federation for Mental Health. Since 2004, member of INTAR
(International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery). In 2010,
awarded with an Honorary
Doctorate in acknowledgement of "exceptional scientific and
humanitarian contribution to the rights of the people with psychiatric
experience" by the School of Psychology of the Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki, Greece, Faculty of Philosophy. In July 2011,
awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
in acknowledgement of service to the community by the President
of Germany, Christian Wulff. English publications include, "Coming
off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics,
Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers,"
edited in 2004 (Stand: January 2012). More
about Peter Lehmann
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