Welcome to Health: Mental Health: Policy and Advocacy
This category is intended for sites that focus on mental health policy and advocacy. The category includes a sampling of sites that represent a broad range of available resources.
New York City's advocacy organization for community mental health, representing a network of over 100 non-profit, community-based mental health agencies. http://www.cvmha.org
Mental health resources, newsletter articles, links, personal accounts, stories, and news. We believe recovery is possible. http://www.namiscc.org/MentalHealth.htm
North Carolina coalition of mental health professionals, consumers, families and advocates organized to pursue lobbying and mental health reform initiatives. http://www.cpdmi.org
Information and resources for persons with mental health disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills. http://www.mindlink.org/
Resource center for consumers/survivors/ex-patients and consumer-run organizations across the United States, promoting self-help, recovery and empowerment. http://www.contac.org
Information on ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act), the affect of mental illness on work or schooling, coping, filing a complaint, question of the month. http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/jobschool/
Advocating for mental health patients and professionals via educating the general public about good mental health care and by standing up to fight managed care's abusive practices. http://www.thenationalcoalition.org
Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice litigation against mental health care providers. http://www.suicidemalpractice.net/
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse helps connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and offers expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers. http://www.mhselfhelp.org
Information and resources for people of non-English speaking backgrounds suffering or caring for someone with a mental illness. Translated information also available. Involved in research and education. http://www.tmhc.nsw.gov.au
By and for consumer/survivors living in British Columbia, Canada, the site is intended as an informational and referral resource for consumers within the province and beyond. http://www.mentalhealthconsumer.net/index-links.html
Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda. This report was prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of Justice. It i http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/cmh/childreport.htm
President Bush identifies obstacles to quality mental health care. Includes details of the Commission's work and schedule, along with a section for receiving public comment. http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov
Mississippi Protection and Advocacy System, Inc. is a private, nonprofit agency which receives federal funds to protect & advocate the rights of individuals with disabilities http://www.mspas.com/
Resources and information for persons diagnosed with mental illness and their families; reports and data on mental health policy, advocacy, conditions, treatment and other issues. http://www.mha-sc.org/
The 'Open Up Toolkit' is a resource website established by Mental Health Media to encourage service users and survivors to come together to combat stigma and discrimination against mental health issues. http://www.openuptoolkit.net/
Volunteer advocate recruitment for Newport Mind mental health Peer Advocacy in Gwent, South Wales. Full training and supervision provided. http://www.advocacy.force9.co.uk/index.htm