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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.

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The Battle for the Human Soul

Is there such a thing as mental illness?
http://www.idiom.com/~drjohn/review.html

Crazy Therapies

Review of a guide to recognizing an incompetent, immoral or quack therapist.
http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/crazy.html

Mental Health Matters

A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights.
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/

Abuse in Psychotherapy

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

Justice In Mental Health Organization

Advocates for "justice in family, housing, employment and our social lives, with civil and legal rights as well."
http://hometown.aol.com/jimhofw/jimho.htm

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

A research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of people who have psychiatric disabilities.
http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/

Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology

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

The Future of Psychiatry

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 Psychology and Life

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

Mental Illness Education Project: Fighting Stigma

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

The First Grrrl

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
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KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events

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

Therapy Abuse

A site for survivors of therapy abuse and supportive others.
http://therapy-abuse.healthyplace2.com/

Alternative Mental Health.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.
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com

Stepping into the Light

Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness:a forum on mental illness, presenting accurate, up to date information
http://www.stigmaof.com

Soul Sadness

Information on depression disorders, suicide and suicides survivors, links to experience and learning sites, personal experiences, forums.
http://www.geocities.com/lafnalot/soul_sadness.html

Interview with Bryant Welch, JD, PhD

Risk management issues for mental health professionals.
http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/BryantWelch.html

As For The Sky, Falling

A book that combines a first-person account of life on a psychiatric ward with a critical analysis of the psychiatric system.
http://www.web.ca/~tslee

Report Psychiatric Abuse

Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Database of psychiatric crimes; form for reporting psychiatric abuses; video presentation.
http://www.psychcrime.org/

Support Groups Chats For Mental Health

Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat.
http://www.support4hope.com/Support_Groups.html

Panic Disorder

Dr. Michael Menaster, a San Francisco psychiatrist, on "panic disorder"; symptoms, possible causes and treatments.
http://www.geocities.com/menaster/panic.html

National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy

An organization opposed to psychiatric abuses and involuntary treatment.
http://www.narpa.org/

The Thomas S. Szasz Cybercenter for Liberty and Responsibility

Advances the debate about Thomas S. Szasz's basic ideas and their practical applications.
http://www.szasz.com/

Till Death Do Us Part: The Marriage of Art and Madness

Graduate thesis exploring the relationship between art and madness.
http://www.annestahl.com/thesis/

Mind, Body and Society

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

White Wreath Association Inc. - Action Against Suicide

A voluntary organization that advocates changes to the mental health system and also raises funds to build care centers.
http://www.whitewreath.com

The Stigma of CineMania

Created to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.
http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/pages/1/index.htm

Alternative Mental Health

A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system.
http://nht_amhl1.blogspot.com/

California Network of Mental Health Clients

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

Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM) - Voices of an Illness

An award-winning three-part radio series covering personal stories of clinical depression, manic-depression, and schizophrenia.
http://lcmedia.com/voices.htm

Psychiatry Anti-Psychiatry Re-visited

David Coopers' discoveries in psychodynamics of Schizophrenia and his criticisms of psychiatry.
http://home.att.net/~esetz/

Simmons Longitudinal Study

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/

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