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Peter Lehmann
About Humanistic Antipsychiatry
Humanistic antipsychiatry is an undogmatic and humanistic philosophy
and movement. The Greek "anti" means more than simple "contra" (as, for
example, in "antidepressants" or "antipsychotics"). It means
also "alternative," "beyond" or "independent."
Humanistic antipsychiatry is orientated toward the interests of (ex-)
users and survivors of psychiatry whose main concerns are self-determination,
freedom from bodily harm, and adequate and self-defined support. It has
no connection to the pharmaceutical industry and to organizations that
are dependent on them, nor to Scientology or other sects and dogmatists
of whatever color. Beyond health, nothing is more valuable than freedom
and independence. Friends
of forced treatment and Big Pharma therefore fight the modern,
user-orientated and -defined humanistic antipsychiatry with special
vehemence.
Humanistic antipsychiatry is filled with a contrarian spirit and the
fundamental conviction that:
- Psychiatry as a medical (and natural scientific) discipline cannot
do justice to the expectation of solving mental problems that are largely
of a social nature,
- Its propensity and practice to use force constitutes a threat, and
- Its diagnostic methods obstruct the view of the real problems of individuals
in society.
For these reasons, humanistic antipsychiatry pleads for:
- Developing adequate and effective assistance for people in emotional
difficulties,
- Safeguarding their participation in society
and their civil rights in treatment on a par with 'normal' patients
(patients in physical medicine),
- Joining forces in cooperation with other human rights organisations
and self-help groups as well as with supporting experts,
- Support in withdrawing from psychiatric drugs, use of alternative
and less toxic psychotropic substances,
- Ostracization of electroshock up to its ban,
- New ways of living with madness and being differentwith as much
independence from institutions as possible, and
- Tolerance, respect and appreciation of diversity at all levels of
life.
www.researchgate.net/project/Achievement-of-Full-Human-Rights-and-Appropriate-Support-for-People-with-Psychiatric-Problems
Selected articles about humanistic antisychiatry
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