From Mad in Argentina: The following interview makes known to the Portuguese-speaking public the story of Peter Lehmann, a central figure in the struggle for the emancipation and dignity of people with experience of severe psychic suffering and contact with psychiatry. Lehmann transformed his personal experience of crisis and suffering into a life dedicated to the search for alternatives to conventional psychiatric treatment. His story is confused with the history of human rights activism of psychiatric survivors in Europe. Lehmann not only contributed to concrete changes in psychiatric treatment, but also helped build an international movement that continues to fight for human rights in mental health and psychiatry. Your life is a powerful testimony of how personal adversity can be transformed into a transformative collective movement.
