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A number of psychiatric survivor and mental health consumer organizations have united to speak out directly inside a special conference by the World Psychiatric Association on the topic of ending coercion and force in the mental health system.

PDF of Declaration of Dresden Against Coerced Psychiatric Treatment by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-12-06 15:11

Several psychiatric survivor organizations, including MindFreedom International, helped develop and issue this call to end force and coercion in the mental health system. The timing of the statement is to coincide with a special conference by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) on the subject of coercion in psychiatry which is being held in Dresden in June 2007. Several representatives from these organizations will be inside the WPA conference speaking out, and distributing the statement.

In German: Declaration of Dresden Against Coerced Psychiatric Treatment by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-05-21 13:07

This is the version in deutsch: Several psychiatric survivor organizations, including MindFreedom International, helped develop and issue this call to end force and coercion in the mental health system. The timing of the statement is to coincide with a special conference by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) on the subject of coercion in psychiatry which is being held in Dresden in June 2007. Several representatives from these organizations will be inside the WPA conference speaking out, and distributing the statement.

Declaration of Dresden Against Coerced Psychiatric Treatment by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-12-06 15:14

Here is the text of a united statement by a number of psychiatric survivor and mental health consumer/user groups that says, "We stand united in calling for an end to all forced and coerced psychiatric procedures and for the development of alternatives to psychiatry." It is to be released publicly in Dresden, Germany on 7 June 2007 during the World Psychiatric Association meeting on coercion in psychiatry.

70 Years of Coercion in German Psychiatric Institutions, Experienced and Witnessed by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-06-17 08:11

Keynote speech from June 7, 2007, by Dorothea Buck, Honorary Chair of the German Bundesver-band Psychiatrie-Erfahrener, at the congress “Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review”, run by the World Psychiatric Organisation in Dresden, Germany, June 6 – 8, 2007. This is in PDF format.

WPA 2008 meetings by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-09-20 15:17

This is a list from the World Psychiatric Association web site about their meetings, or co-sponsored meetings, in 2008. Disclaimer: this is not necessarily an endorsement of any activity in these events. [As of 20 Sept. 2007].

Australians leaflet World Psychiatric Association conference by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-11-28 19:35

When the World Psychiatric Association held a major meeting in Melbourne, Australia, psychiatric survivor activists representing three different groups were there to leaflet participants from all over the world on opening day, reports psychiatric survivor David Webb.