links

A special thanks to all of the photographers who helped with the images on this site

Dr. Peter Breggin-Views on psychopharmacology
http://www.breggin.com/

Duke University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
http://serp.mc.duke.edu/

Frequently Asked Questions/explanations of the Americans With Disabilities Act
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm

General Internet Mental Health Information
http://www.mentalhealth.com

Health6 - A comprehensive health directory
http://www.health6.com/

HealthyPlace - Mental Health Communities
http://www.healthyplace.com

Hearing Voices Network
http://www.hearing-voices.org/links.html

International Community for Hearing Voices
http://www.intervoiceonline.org/

Institute for the Study of Human Resilience
http://www.bu.edu/resilience/

Integral Institute: helping to improve the human condition with research and education
http://integralinstitute.org

Living Well with a Psychiatric Disability in Work and School
http://bu.edu/cpr/jobschool/

Mental Help Net- Resource Information
http://mentalhelp.net

M-POWER– Member run organization of mental health consumers
http://www.m-power.org/

NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness-The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org

NARPA: National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
http://www.narpa.org

NARSAD: leading charity dedicated to mental health research
http://narsad.org/

National Institute of Mental Health's Public Information
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm

NMHA: Mental Health America – general information, news stories, advocacy, etc.
http://www.nmha.org/

Safe Harbor: international guide to alternative mental health care
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com

Schizophrenia without Antipsychotic Drugs
http://www.moshersoteria.com/

The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Inc.
http://www.icspp.org/

Treatment Advocacy Center - eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of mental illness
http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=6&Itemid=97

Wildest Colts is a site that offers an alternative perspective to the bio-psychiatric industry, and to the millions of psychotropic prescriptions written for children and adults.
http://www.wildestcolts.com/

Peer Resources

Alliance for Human Resource Protection - advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices
http://www.ahrp.org/

American Bar Association: Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
http://www.abanet.org/disability/home.html

Consumer/survivor/expatient resources
h ttp://zyra.org.uk/madlinks.htm

Freedom Center Northampton MA - support and activist community for people labeled with mental illness
http://www.freedom-center.org/

Information on Electroconvulsive Therapy
http://www.ect.org

Mental Disability Rights International
http://www.mdri.org/

Mind Freedom - advocating for human rights in the mental health system
http://www.mindfreedom.org/

Narrative Approaches - an alternative therapeutic model, Adelaide, Australia
http://www.narrativeapproaches.com/welcome.html

National Disability Rights Network: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities
http://napas.org/

National Empowerment Center - tools for recovery from mental illness
http://power2u.org/

Journals

International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work
http://www.dulwichcentre.com.au/intjournal.html

International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation
http://www.psychosocial.com/

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/jocn/

Nature Journal - international weekly journal of science
http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html

New England Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org/

Blogs

Bipolar Beat - with Candida Fink M.D. and Joe Kraynak
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/bipolar/

British Psychological Association Research Digest Blog - the latest psychological research since 2003
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/

Furious Seasons - a critical look at the mental health establishment
http://www.furiousseasons.com/

Mindfulness and Psychotherapy - with psychologist and writer Elisha Goldstein Ph.D.
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/

World of Psychology - information and musings on mental health
http://psychcentral.com/blog/

Newsgroups

Newsgroup for support: depression: news:alt.support.depression

Newsgroup for support: personality disorders: news:alt.support.personality

Newsgroup for support: schizophrenia: news:alt.support.schizophrenia

Newsgroup for support: sleep-disorder: news:alt.support.sleep-disorder