The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies:
New York Citys 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 Advocate:
Mental health resources, newsletter articles, links, personal
accounts, stories, and news. We believe recovery is possible.
http://www.namiscc.org/MentalHealth.htm
Coalition for Persons Disabled by Mental Illness:
North Carolina coalition of mental health professionals, consumers,
families and advocates organized to pursue lobbying and mental
health reform initiatives.
http://www.cpdmi.org
Advocacy Unlimited, Inc.:
Information and resources for persons with mental health
disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy
skills.
http://www.mindlink.org/
Handling Your Mental Illness at Work and School:
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/
Empowerment for Healthy Minds:
Consumer-run mental health advocacy organization based in
Southwestern Virginia. Empowerment and activism are emphasized.
http://www.efhm.com
SuicideMalpractice:
Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice
litigation against mental health care providers.
http://www.suicidemalpractice.net/
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse:
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
Transcultural Mental Health Centre:
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
dotCOMsense:
The American Psychological Association (APA) provides guidelines on
how to protect individual privacy and assess the credibility of
mental health information found on the Internet.
http://helping.apa.org/dotcomsense/
Mental Health Consumer Net Connections:
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
Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System:
One sixth of inmates have a mental illness, but do not receive
treatment because facilities are over-crowded and under-staffed.
http://www.geocities.com/stargazers_here/mental_illness.html
East Suffolk Advocacy Networks:
ESAN is an independent, user managed organisation committed to the
empowerment of mental health service users.
http://www.esan.org.uk
The Mental Health Activist:
This Washington State advocacy site gives daily updated mental
health law information, alerts, reports, and advice for health care
and patient advocates and volunteers.
http://www.mhactivist.com
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General:
The first Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, asserting that
mental illness is a critical public health problem that must be
addressed by the nation.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/features/surgeongeneralreport/home.asp
Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health:
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 is an
outgrowth of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health which was
released in December, 1999.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/cmh/childreport.htm
Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health:
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
Challenging Stigma:
Developed to support the work of the 'Challenging Stigma, Removing
Labels Workplace Mental Health Project'. This project is funded by
the Warrington Health and Well Being Partnership.
http://challengingstigma.org
Psychology and Psychotherapy in Austria:
Commission of the European Communities. Replies to the questionnaire
on psychotherapists Regulated by the "Psychotherapiegesetz"
(Psychotherapy Act)- 1995.
http://www.psy.it/ordpsic/psy_e_u/aust_en.html
Psychology and Psychotherapy in Germany:
Commission of the European Communities. Replies to the questionnaire
on psychologists and psychotherapists from the Federal German
Government (1995).
http://www.psy.it/ordpsic/psy_e_u/germ_en.html
Mental Health Advocacy:
Provides help through knowledge on medication, mental and emotional
disorders, public policy, federal and state government, laws,
insurance, parity, lobbying, and international news.
http://www.mentalhealthadvocacy.com
Stigma.org:
An initiative to raise awareness of the stigmatization of those
suffering from mental health problems. Forum and publications.
http://www.stigma.org
Mississippi Advocacy and Protection:
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/
Freedom Center - Northampton MA:
Support, human rights advocacy, and holistic alternatives for people
labeled 'mentally ill' in the Pioneer Valley, MA.
http://www.freedom-center.org/
Mental Health Association of South Carolina:
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 stigma of CineMania:
CineMania was designed to expose the role of the media in promoting
the stigmas associated with mental illness.
http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/pages/1/index.htm
