- Crazy Therapies - http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/crazy.html
Review of a guide to recognizing an incompetent, immoral or quack therapist.
- Mental Health Matters - http://www.mental-health-matters.com/
A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights.
- Abuse in Psychotherapy - http://www.witness.com.au
Site to raise consciousness and provide support for patients/clients who are, or have been, verbally and emotionally abuse by psychotherapists - includes checklists and discussion.
- Justice In Mental Health Organization - http://hometown.aol.com/jimhofw/jimho.htm
Advocates for "justice in family, housing, employment and our social lives, with civil and legal rights as well."
- Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation - http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/
A research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of people who have psychiatric disabilities.
- Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology - http://www.breggin.com
Peter R. Breggin, M.D. founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) as a nonprofit research and educational network 25 years ago and warns the media and the public about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, and the biological theories of psychiatry.
- The Future of Psychiatry - http://www.futurepsychiatry.com
A research account into the logical status of theories used in psychiatry which concludes that psychiatry is not a science.
- Essays on Psychology and Life - http://www.voicelessness.com/essay.html
Essays on therapy, failed therapy, managed care, the Columbine High School massacre, Bill Clinton's "attention deficit disorder", and other mental health topics.
- Mental Illness Education Project: Fighting Stigma - http://www.miepvideos.org/mentalhealth/anti-stigma.html
The social stigma of mental illness makes it harder for those affected to cope with and accept the illness, undermines treatment and recovery, and exacerbates the problems of family members who participate in care. Stigma also diminishes the support given to the professionals who endeavor to provide that care.
- The First Grrrl - http://www.sealander.com/Grrrl.html
She spent years championing the rights of the disabled and the forgotten. When she became the underdog in her own life, she struggled just as fiercely to save herself.
- KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events - http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/index.htm
The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section.
- Therapy Abuse - http://therapy-abuse.healthyplace2.com/
A site for survivors of therapy abuse and supportive others.
- Alternative Mental Health.com - http://www.alternativementalhealth.com
Alternative Mental Health.com is a guide to alternative mental health(non-psychiatric, health-oriented). The site features a directory of practitioners, organizations and experts from several countries.
- Stepping into the Light - http://www.stigmaof.com
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness:a forum on mental illness, presenting accurate, up to date information
- Soul Sadness - http://www.geocities.com/lafnalot/soul_sadness.html
Information on depression disorders, suicide and suicides survivors, links to experience and learning sites, personal experiences, forums.
- As For The Sky, Falling - http://www.web.ca/~tslee
A book that combines a first-person account of life on a psychiatric ward with a critical analysis of the psychiatric system.
- Report Psychiatric Abuse - http://www.psychcrime.org/
Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Database of psychiatric crimes; form for reporting psychiatric abuses; video presentation.
- Support Groups Chats For Mental Health - http://www.support4hope.com/Support_Groups.html
Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat.
- Panic Disorder - http://www.geocities.com/menaster/panic.html
Dr. Michael Menaster, a San Francisco psychiatrist, on "panic disorder"; symptoms, possible causes and treatments.
- Mind, Body and Society - http://www.mind-body.info
Enquiry and research on the interplay between mind, body, and society. Includes sections on consciousness, psychosis, imagination, health, sickness, and death.
- The Stigma of CineMania - http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/pages/1/index.htm
Created to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.
- Alternative Mental Health - http://nht_amhl1.blogspot.com/
A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system.
- California Network of Mental Health Clients - http://www.cnmhc.org
An organization dedicated to empowering MH clients through self-help groups and statewide networking. Offers program report overviews, resources, and current news.
- Simmons Longitudinal Study - http://www.simmons.edu/gssw/sls/
A mental health study in the United States where a group of respondents have been followed since preschool in order to track their adaptation and development across their life span.
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