Sites discussing controversies about mental health, psychiatry, and psychology, pointing out problems, and offering a wide range of differing opinions. Some advocate reform, others advise scrapping the modern system of mental health care altogether.
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. http://www.witness.com.au
A research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of people who have psychiatric disabilities. http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/
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, http://www.breggin.com
A research account into the logical status of theories used in psychiatry which concludes that psychiatry is not a science. http://www.futurepsychiatry.com
Essays on therapy, failed therapy, managed care, the Columbine High School massacre, Bill Clinton's "attention deficit disorder", and other mental health topics. http://www.voicelessness.com/essay.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 give http://www.miepvideos.org/mentalhealth/anti-stigma.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. http://www.sealander.com/Grrrl.html
The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section. http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/index.htm
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. http://www.alternativementalhealth.com
Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Database of psychiatric crimes; form for reporting psychiatric abuses; video presentation. http://www.psychcrime.org/
Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat. http://www.support4hope.com/Support_Groups.html
Enquiry and research on the interplay between mind, body, and society. Includes sections on consciousness, psychosis, imagination, health, sickness, and death. http://www.mind-body.info
An organization dedicated to empowering MH clients through self-help groups and statewide networking. Offers program report overviews, resources, and current news. http://www.cnmhc.org
An award-winning three-part radio series covering personal stories of clinical depression, manic-depression, and schizophrenia. http://lcmedia.com/voices.htm
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. http://www.simmons.edu/gssw/sls/