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1. Advocacy Unlimited Inc.
Information and resources for persons with mental health disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills.
2. 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.
3. Debatelinks.com Mental Health links
This site was developed for high school debaters researching the national debate topic. It contains links to think tanks, articles, and advocacy groups on a variety of health issues. As a service to the mental health community, it will be maintained as an archive, but is not being regularly updated.
4. East Suffolk Advocacy Networks
Esan is an independent, user managed organisation committed to the empowerment of mental health service users.
5. Empowerment for Healthy Minds
Consumer-run mental health advocacy organization based in Southwestern Virginia. Empowerment and activism are emphasized.
6. Freedom Center
Support, human rights advocacy, and holistic alternatives for people labeled 'mentally ill' in the Pioneer Valley, MA.
7. Green Party of Canada
An overview of the GPC's policies in relation to the mental health and well being of Canadians.
8. Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights has a mission to bring fairness and reason into the administration of legal aspects of the mental health system, particularly unwarranted court ordered psychiatric drugging. The public mental health system is creating a huge class of chronic mental patients through forcing them to take ineffective, yet extremely harmful drugs. The purpose of the Law Project for Psychiatric rights is to promote and implement a legal campaign in support of psychiatric rights and against unwarranted court ordered psychiatric medication akin to what Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP mounted in the 40's and 50's on behalf of African American civil rights.
9. Mental Health Advocate
Mental health resources, newsletter articles, links, personal accounts, stories, and news. We believe recovery is possible.
10. Mental Health Association in North Carolina
Information on mental health.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. National Mental Health Consumers
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.
14. 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.
15. Psychology and Psychotherapy in Austria
Commission of the European Communities. Replies to the questionnaire on psychotherapists Regulated by the "Psychotherapiegesetz" (Psychotherapy Act)- 1995.
16. Public Policy Advocacy
Public Policy Advocacy contains a search feature and news briefs on mental health policy.
17. Stigma.org
An initiative to raise awareness of the stigmatization of those suffering from mental health problems. Forum and publications.
18. Stop Bad Therapy
Information about false memory syndrome, repressed memories, recovered memories and retractors, and an online test to evaluate therapy.
19. Surgeon General's Conference
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 i
20. 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.

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