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A Call to Action on Racism and Social Justice in Mental Health and Brian Koehler's petition to the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization to drop the highly stigmatizing, scientifically-challenged term "schizophrenia".

Ongoing Fundraiser

Are you able to support the fundraiser today?
The fund is to support –in particular – the participation of people with lived experience, their family members, students, and/or people living in developing countries.

We hope to raise enough funds to enable several people to take part in ISPS 2026 in Lausanne, who would not otherwise be able to do so for financial reasons.

Suggested donation:

$5 – $50 (according to your means)
Every little amount given to support the fund helps and is much appreciated

Please add the note “ISPS 2026” when donating

You can donate here

Thank you!

Mourning the loss of ISPS member Brenda Froyen

With much pain in my heart I have to announce that Brenda Froyen passed away. She was a teacher, a writer, a friend, a fighter for human rights and human approaches in psychiatry, an inspirator for so many people and above all a lovely wife and mom of three sons. People of ISPS will remember her sparkling lecture on the international ISPS conference in Rotterdam in 2019

Brenda was known for her commitment to better mental health care, stemming from her own experiences of psychosis and compulsive hospitalisation. She campaigned for greater understanding and better care for people with mental vulnerability. Her civic engagement and outrage led to the founding of PsychoseNet in 2017, a platform offering support to people with psychoses in Belgium. We will miss her, but the fire that she left will inspire us to fight for a better human care for psychosis.

More information about Brenda Froyen can be found on the website of the local ISPS network the Netherlands Flanders https://www.isps-netwerk-nederland-vlaanderen.nl/in-memoriam/

Ludi Van Bouwel
Chair of ISPS network the Netherlands-Flanders

View Rotterdam in 2019

Learn more about ISPS

Welcome to ISPS

ISPS is an international organization promoting psychological and social treatments for persons with psychosis (a term which includes persons diagnosed with "schizophrenia"). We are committed to advancing education, training and knowledge of mental health professionals in the treatment and prevention of psychotic mental disorders. We seek to achieve the best possible outcomes for service user/survivors of psychosis by engaging in meaningful partnership with health professionals, people with lived experience, family members and carers.

The ISPS Charter of Good Practice in Psychological Therapies for People Experiencing Psychosis