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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/

The Potential for Psychiatric Harm in Legal and Ethical Practices
A future book project to tell the stories of people harmed by the mental health system to make providers aware that they can often make problems worse.
http://www.psychiatricharm.com/

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
An organization opposed to psychiatric abuses and involuntary treatment.
http://www.narpa.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

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

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

Interview with Bryant Welch, JD, PhD
Risk management issues for mental health professionals.
http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/BryantWelc...

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....

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

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

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

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...
http://www.miepvideos.org/mentalhealth/anti-sti...

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

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

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