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Network of (ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry WNUSP Press Release Vejle, Denmark - July 20, 2004 The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP) and the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP) held their first joined conference with the title "Networking for our Human Rights and Dignity" this week in the small Danish town in South Jutland. Some 200 users and survivors of psychiatry, representing over 50 countries around the world, attended the four-day event, held at the Vejle College of Sports. WNUSP is an international disability organisation that seeks to improve the lives of people facing mental health difficulties by seeking alternative forms of recovery, fighting abuses within the psychiatric system and promoting a dialogue of reform among both health professionals and users and survivors of psychiatry. The conference this weekend endorsed WNUSP's and ENUSP's pursuit of the inclusion of a prohibition against forced treatment and a guarantee of legal capacity for people with disabilities in a forthcoming treaty on the human rights of people with disabilities. The conference also saw the beginning of new networks of users and survivors of psychiatry in Africa and the Americas. |