Anti-Psychiatry Organizations
ADD and ADHD, Doctor Nightmare, Eakman, Beverly, Mental Health Faithweb, NoPsychs, Psychbusters Network, Psychiatry USA, Stop Shrinks, The Antipsychiatry Coalition, The Lunatics' Liberation Front, The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses
Articles
Hartman Estate, Ariannaonline - The Dangers Of The White House Men, Behavioral Drugs Focus of Debate in Colorado Schoo, Ca$hing In, Deliverance: CBC News Disclosure, How We Lost the Culture Wars, Mental health concerns and issues, Mental health parity - an opposing view, MindFreedom Journal, Neurobiological Diagnosis and Personal Responsibil, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Mental Illnes
Involuntary Commitment
How to Avoid Mental Health Conservatorship?, Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, Psychiatric Advance Directive, The Case of Spencer Day
Medication
Prozac, Ritalin, School Violence, A Different Kind of Drug War, Adult Depression: Medication and Other Treatments, AtHealth: Medications for Mental Illnesses, Brainzaps: A Journal of Effexor Withdrawal, Business Week: When the Cure May Make You Sicker, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), Doctor Z, Freedom Mag, HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression an, International Coalition for Drug Awareness
Memory Controversies
"False Memory Syndrome" Facts, Abelard - The Myth of Repressed Memory, Abuse Survivors Syndrome, Beware Of False Memories: Revised, Boards2Go: Recovered Memory Messageboards, Bringing Justice to Wenatchee, Columbia Journalism Review ; U-Turn on Memory Lane, Courage to Sue: A Parody of Psychotherapy, Debunking "False Memory" Myths in Sexual, Discrediting the False Memory Syndrome Foundation
Personal Stories
Bipolar Disorder, Breath of Fresh Air, Broken Lives, Bud Powell 1924-1966, Defining Sanity, Finding Yourself Without Paying Through the Nose, Gaines, Victoria - The Story of a Proud Nutcase, Holding on for Another Day, Injustice Unveiled, Ink Droppings
Substance Abuse
News and Media, Addiction by Prescription Drugs, Be Drug Free, Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse, Drugs, Smoking and Addiction, Fact Sheet - Adolescents and Substance Abuse, Issues in Focus: Substance Abuse, KCI: The Anti-Meth Site, Mental Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues, Perry County, Indiana Substance Abuse Committee
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.
Alternative Mental Health
A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system.
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.
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.
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.
Care in the Community
Addressing serious problems in the care of the mentally ill in the United Kingdom.
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
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
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.
Crazy Therapies
Review of a guide to recognizing an incompetent, immoral or quack therapist.
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.
Interview with Bryant Welch, JD, PhD
Risk management issues for mental health professionals.
Justice In Mental Health Organization
Advocates for "justice in family, housing, employment and our social lives, with civil and legal rights as well."
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.
Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM) - Voices of an I
An award-winning three-part radio series covering personal stories of clinical depression, manic-depression, and schizophrenia.
Mental Health Matters
A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights.
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 given to the professionals who endeavor to provide that care.
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.
National Association for Rights Protection and Adv
An organization opposed to psychiatric abuses and involuntary treatment.
Panic Disorder
Dr. Michael Menaster, a San Francisco psychiatrist, on "panic disorder"; symptoms, possible causes and treatments.
Psychiatry Anti-Psychiatry Re-visited
David Coopers' discoveries in psychodynamics of Schizophrenia and his criticisms of psychiatry.
Report Psychiatric Abuse
Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Database of psychiatric crimes; form for reporting psychiatric abuses; video presentation.
Soul Sadness
Information on depression disorders, suicide and suicides survivors, links to experience and learning sites, personal experiences, forums.
Stepping into the Light
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness:a forum on mental illness, presenting accurate, up to date information
Support Groups Chats For Mental Health
Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat.
The Battle for the Human Soul
Is there such a thing as mental illness?
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.
The Future of Psychiatry
A research account into the logical status of theories used in psychiatry which concludes that psychiatry is not a science.
The Stigma of CineMania
Created to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.
The Thomas S. Szasz Cybercenter for Liberty and Re
Advances the debate about Thomas S. Szasz's basic ideas and their practical applications.
Therapy Abuse
A site for survivors of therapy abuse and supportive others.
Till Death Do Us Part: The Marriage of Art and Mad
Graduate thesis exploring the relationship between art and madness.
White Wreath Association Inc. - Action Against Su
A voluntary organization that advocates changes to the mental health system and also raises funds to build care centers.