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Peter Lehmann. Born in 1950. Education in social pedagogy. Living as independent publisher and author in Berlin. In 1989, co-founder of the Organisation for the Protection from Psychiatric Violence, running the Runaway-house Berlin. In 1991, co-founder of the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP); from 1997-99, Chair of ENUSP; until 2010, board member. In 2010, awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in acknowledgement of "exceptional scientific and humanitarian contribution to the rights of the people with psychiatric experience" by the School of Psychology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Faculty of Philosophy. In July 2011, awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President of Germany. English publications include Alternatives beyond Psychiatry, edited together with Peter Stastny in 2013.