An Introduction to PROMPT Issue 7 by Keith Armstrong Many years ago I was lucky enough to know the two pioneering founders of the not-for- profit organisation known as The Preservation of the Rights of Mental Patients in Therapy (PROMPT). Cherry and Julian founded PROMPT in the late 1970s. Both of them had been in mental hospitals and were aware as to what went on in them in the 1960s and 1970s. Cherry, who had a hole in her heart and mild learning difficulties, had been raped as a child by her mother's lover -the rapist got three months in prison, while the victim got seven years locked up in a mental hospital. The article she wrote about her life, "My Own Story", appears in this double issue. Julian was a mental health survivor, I do not know the label given to describe his condition. Cherry and Julian, along with a few supporters, put together a petition against psycho- surgery and ECT - even though they were not funded or affiliated to any other group, including MIND and Scientology, they gathered 10,000 signatures. One of the most poignant things they did was to lay a wreath on Remembrance Day to all those with mental health issues who died in the world wars. Their magazine was produced not-for-profit and cannot be found in most reference libraries or second hand bookshops in the UK, nor on the internet. It is however important as a record of disability history, survivor group history and equal Rights.