Achievement of Full Human Rights and Appropriate Support for People with Emotional Distress and Psychiatric Diagnoses

Psychiatry, humanistic anti-psychiatry, justice & injustice

Lehmann, Peter: "Achievement of Full Human Rights and Appropriate Support for People with Emotional Distress and Psychiatric Diagnoses". Signpost page. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/info/alternatives.htm
Lehmann, Peter (2024): "Psychiatry stripped naked: Current human rights violations in psychiatry in Germany, Greece and the rest of the world". In: Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 16-37. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/pdf/stripped-naked.pdf
Lehmann, Peter (November 2, 2023): "Informal psychiatric human rights violations: Psychiatric micro-political psychiatric abuse through deliberate misinformation about dependency risks of psychotropic drugs and through withholding of support in their withdrawal". Manuscript for the lecture to "Political Abuse of Psychiatry: Ongoing Cases Worldwide", organized by the Medical Anthropology Research Center of the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/pdf/lehmann-psychiatric-abuse.pdf
Lehmann, Peter (March 7, 2001): "A blatant threat to human rights from the Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe. Protest against the 'White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients'". Lecture within the session "Civil Right: the White paper", together with Jean Claus and Paul Schnabel to the "European Conference on Mental Health 2001: Visibly Improved, Improved Visibility", organized by Mental Health Europe – the European Section of the World Federation for Mental Health. Conference Centre 'De Doelen', Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/rotterdam.htm
Lehmann, Peter (October 19, 2007): "Critical measures for a political and social integration of [ex-] users and survivors of psychiatry". Manuscript for the lecture «Ουσιαστικά Μέτρα για την Πολιτική και Κοινωνική Ένταξη των (πρώην)χρηστών και Επιζώντων της Ψυχιατρικής» within the symposium "Mental health" to the conference "Society and Mental Health"), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, October 21, 2007. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/pdf/measures-english.pdf / Lehmann, Peter: Critical measures for a political and social integration of (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry. Lecture to the conference SOCIETY AND MENTAL HEALTH, October 19-20, 2007, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Online resource https://www. peter-lehmann-publishing.com/articles/lehmann/pdf/measures-english.pdf
Lehmann, Peter (December 31, 2005): "Action Project against 'Harassment and Discrimination Faced by People with Mental Health Problems in the Field of Health Services'", organized in the framework of the "'Community Action Programme to Combat Discrimination in 2001-2006' with support from the European Union", co-organized by ENUSP (European Network of [ex-] Users and Survivors of Psychiatry – represented by Peter Lehmann). Survey page. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/enusp/harassment.htm
Lehmann, Peter (March 7, 2001): "A blatant threat to human rights from the Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe. Protest against the 'White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients'". Lecture within the session "Civil Right: the White paper", together with Jean Claus and Paul Schnabel to the "European Conference on Mental Health 2001: Visibly Improved, Improved Visibility", organized by Mental Health Europe – the European Section of the World Federation for Mental Health. Conference Centre 'De Doelen', Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/rotterdam.htm

Lehmann, Peter (March 6, 2001): "About the 'Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states to ensure the protection of the human rights and dignity of people with mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment'". Collection of materials. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/enusp/wp-history.htm

Lehmann, Peter (2001): "Promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorders by empowerment: Is there a psychiatry-policy without meaningful participation of (ex-) users/survivors of psychiatry?" (pp. 108-110). In: Juha Lavikainen, Eero Lahtinen & Ville Lehtinen (eds.): "Proceedings of the European Conference on Promotion of Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 10-13 October 1999, Tampere, Finland" (Reports of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 2001:3. Helsinki: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/pdf/tampere_short.pdf

Lehmann, Peter (2000): "Manage or perish? Or chosing to live without neuroleptic drugs?" (pp. 469-474). Manuscript without Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers permission to upload. Text, proofread by Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, published in: José Guimón & Norman Sartorius (eds.): "Manage or perish? The challenges of managed mental health care in Europe". New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London & Moscow: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/manage-perish.htm

Lehmann, Peter (1999): "Psychiatric emergency-treatment: Help against one's will or action of professional violence?" (pp. 95-104). In: Michel De Clercq, Antonio Andreoli, Suzanne Lamarre & Peter Forster (eds.): "Emergency psychiatry in a changing world". Proceedings of the 5^th World Congress of the International Association for Emergency Psychiatry (Excerpta Medica International Congress Series No. 1179). Amsterdam, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, Shannon, Singapore & Tokyo: Elsevier. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/emergency.htm

Lehmann, Peter (1999): "Commentary to: WHO quality assurance in mental health care – 'Draft. Human rights of people with mental disorders'". In: "Forum – The Declaration of Madrid and current psychiatric practice: Users' and advocates' views". In: Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 6-7. DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199901000-00005. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/curr_opinion.htm

Lehmann, Peter (1998): "Remarks and points to be added to the Declaration of Madrid (World Psychiatric Association)" (pp. 159-162). In: Lars Martensson with participation of Peter Lehmann: "Deprived of our humanity. The case against neuroleptic drugs". Genève: The Voiceless Movement, Association écrivains, poètes. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/pdf/remarks.pdf

Lehmann, Peter (1998): "Perspectives of (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry" (pp. 63-68). In: Eero Lahtinen (ed.): "Mental Health Promotion on the European Agenda. Report from a Consultative Meeting, 15-16 January 1998, Helsinki, Finland" ("Themes from Finland", No. 4/1998). Helsinki: STAKES Publications. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/perspectives.htm

Lehmann, Peter for the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (April 24, 1997): "Comment to: Quality assurance in mental health care, draft. 'Human rights of people with mental disorders'". Open letter to Dr. J. M. Bertolote, WHO, Geneve. Online publication https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/who_comment.htm

Articles by further authors

Action Project against "Harassment and Discrimination Faced by People with Mental Health Problems in the Field of Health Services", organized in the framework of the "'Community Action Programme to Combat Discrimination in 2001-2006' with support from the European Union" (2005): "Recommendations to combat harassment and discrimination in health and mental health services" by Mental Health Europe, LUCAS (Belgium), Pro Mente Salzburg (Austria), MIND (England & Wales), Clientenbond (The Netherlands), FEAFES (Confederación Española de Agrupaciones de Familiares y Personas con Enfermedad Mental – Spain), BPE (Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener e.V. – Germany) and ENUSP (European Network of [ex-] Users and Survivors of Psychiatry). Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/enusp/recommendations.htm
"Conclusions of 'Balancing Mental Health Promotion and Mental Health Care: Joint World Health Organization / European Commission Meeting'. Brussels, 22-24 April 1999. 'There is No Health Without Mental Health'" (1999). Formulated with the involvement of Peter Lehmann on behalf of the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP). In: World Health Organization / European Commission: "Balancing Mental Health Promotion and Mental Health Care: A Joint World Health Organization / European Commission Meeting". Brussels, 22-24 April 1999. Report. Broschure MNH/NAM/99.2. Brussels: World Health Organization 1999, pp. 9-10. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/others/consensus.htm
Action Project against "Harassment and Discrimination Faced by People with Mental Health Problems in the Field of Health Services", organized in the framework of the "'Community Action Programme to Combat Discrimination in 2001-2006' with support from the European Union" (2005): "Main findings on harassment and discrimination in health and mental health services", co-written by ENUSP (European Network of [ex-] Users and Survivors of Psychiatry – represented by Peter Lehmann). Part of the back of the anti-discrimination poster "No discrimination and harassment here!". Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/enusp/pdf/poster-e-1.pdf
Action Project against "Harassment and Discrimination Faced by People with Mental Health Problems in the Field of Health Services" (2005), organized in the framework of the "'Community Action Programme to Combat Discrimination in 2001-2006' with support from the European Union": "No discrimination and harassment here!". Poster front side, designed by Paula Kempker in collaboration with Peter Lehmann. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/images/artikel/poster-uk.gif
European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (June 2003): The European Newsletter of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, No. 11: Special issue about the "Action project to combat discrimination – Harassment and discrimination faced by people with psychosocial disability in health services. A European survey", edited by Peter Lehmann. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/lehmann/pdf/enusp-newsletter11.pdf
European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry / World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry / MindFreedom International / Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener (June 7, 2007): "Declaration of Dresden Against Coerced Psychiatric Treatment", worded by Judi Chamberlin and Peter Lehmann. Online resource https://peter-lehmann.de/articles/enusp/dd-english.pdf
Gottstein, Jim: The prospect of recovering compensation for psychiatric withdrawal harm through litigation because of missing or misleading information. In: Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 20 (2020), No. 4 (Special edition: "Withdrawal from prescribed drugs", edited by Peter Lehmann), pp. 98-106. And in: Peter Lehmann & Craig Newnes (eds.): "Withdrawal from prescribed psychotropic drugs". Updated e-book edition. Berlin & Lancaster: Peter Lehmann Publishing. Print edition. Lancaster: Egalitarian Publishing 2023, pp. 320-328]
Murray, Stu: Beyond the gender divide: Challenges faced by boys and men in modern society. In: Our Voice / Notre Voix (Moncton, Canada), 2024, No. 24, pp. 25-28; available also on Stu Murray's blog https://www.stumurray.com/blog/beyond-the-gender-divide
Stastny, Peter / Anne M. Lovell / Julie Hannah / Daniel Goulart / Alberto Vasquez / Seana O'Callaghan, and Dainius Puras: Crisis Response as a Human Rights Flashpoint: Critical Elements of Community Support for Individuals Experiencing Significant Emotional Distress. In: Health and Human Rights Journal, Vol. 22 (2020), No. 1, pp. 105-119
Trömel, Stefan: The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities – Chances and challenges for users and survivors of psychiatry in European countries. Powerpoint version of the keynote-lecture from September 29, 2010 to the congress Determining our own future: The way forward for all European users and survivors of psychiatry (= Joint congress against discrimination and stigma, for user-orientated reforms in psychiatry and the right to alternatives), run by the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, Mental Health Europe, The Panhellenic Committee of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, The School of Psychology and the Self-Help Promotion Programme of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, September 28 – October 1, 2010
Zinkler, Martin: Germany without Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A 15 Month Real World Experience. In: Laws 2016

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