International Consumer/Survivor Groups

Learning from Northern Europe

Dan Fisher's Presentations on Recovery In April-May, 2006, I gave a series of talks in Sweden, Netherlands, and Denmark. I talked but I also entered into dialogue with “users” (their name for consumer/survivors),

Brazil’s social movement to close mental asylums

Of all the Latin American countries, only Brazil has a national grassroots consumer movement. As a long-time Brazil-watcher, I've been very interested in the social movements that have grown there since the late 1970s

Hope and Recovery in Australia

I spent three very busy, exciting days in Melbourne, Australia, in connection with a conference on recovery. From May 7 through May 9, 2008, I was immersed in the world of the Australian consumer

Recovering Humanity in South Korea: Nothing About Us Without Us

Dan Fisher's Presentations on Recovery I realize from this trip that I travel to learn as much as to teach. The South Korean Commission on Human Rights had asked me to come to teach