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GIDreform.org - Challenging Psychiatric Gender Stereotypes GIDreform.org - Challenging Psychiatric Gender Stereotypes: GIDreform.org is a resource for all who advocate reform of the psychiatric classification of gender diversity as mental disorder. (Policy and Advocacy) http://gidreform.org SuicideMalpractice SuicideMalpractice: Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice litigation against mental health care providers. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.suicidemalpractice.net/ Handling Your Mental Illness at Work and School 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/jobschool/ Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health 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 i (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/cmh/childreport.htm Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. Advocacy Unlimited, Inc.: Information and resources for persons with mental health disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mindlink.org/ The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies: New York City's advocacy organization for community mental health, representing a network of over 100 non-profit, community-based mental health agencies. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.cvmha.org Challenging Stigma 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://challengingstigma.org Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mentalhealth.org/features/surgeongeneralreport/home.asp Mental Health Consumer Net Connections 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mentalhealthconsumer.net/index-links.html Truehope Mental Health Advocacy and Education Services Truehope Mental Health Advocacy and Education Services: Tools built to assist the mentally ill. Includes downloadable and online informational mental health resources. (Policy and Advocacy) http://truehopehelp.com Mississippi Advocacy and Protection 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 (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mspas.com/ National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mhselfhelp.org Mental Health Advocate Mental Health Advocate: Mental health resources, newsletter articles, links, personal accounts, stories, and news. We believe recovery is possible. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.namiscc.org/MentalHealth.htm Public Policy Advocacy - (American Psychiatric Association) Public Policy Advocacy - (American Psychiatric Association): Public Policy Advocacy contains a search feature and news briefs on mental health policy. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.psych.org/advocacy_policy/ Freedom Center - Northampton MA Freedom Center - Northampton MA: Support, human rights advocacy, and holistic alternatives for people labeled 'mentally ill' in the Pioneer Valley, MA. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.freedom-center.org/ Open Up Toolkit Open Up Toolkit: The 'Open Up Toolkit' is a resource website established by Mental Health Media to encourage service users and survivors to come together to combat stigma and discrimination against mental health issues. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.openuptoolkit.net/ Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center: Resource center for consumers/survivors/ex-patients and consumer-run organizations across the United States, promoting self-help, recovery and empowerment. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.contac.org East Suffolk Advocacy Networks East Suffolk Advocacy Networks: ESAN is an independent, user managed organisation committed to the empowerment of mental health service users. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.esan.org.uk The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc. The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.: Advocating for mental health patients and professionals via educating the general public about good mental health care and by standing up to fight managed care's abusive practices. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.thenationalcoalition.org Psychology and Psychotherapy in Austria Psychology and Psychotherapy in Austria: Commission of the European Communities. Replies to the questionnaire on psychotherapists Regulated by the "Psychotherapiegesetz" (Psychotherapy Act)- 1995. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.psy.it/normativa_ue/austria/dir_89_48_cee.htm Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov The stigma of CineMania The stigma of CineMania: CineMania was designed to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/pages/1/index.htm Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.geocities.com/stargazers_here/mental_illness.html Coalition for Persons Disabled by Mental Illness 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.cpdmi.org Mental Health Association of South Carolina 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.mha-sc.org/ dotCOMsense 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://helping.apa.org/dotcomsense/ Transcultural Mental Health Centre 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. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.tmhc.nsw.gov.au Stigma.org Stigma.org: An initiative to raise awareness of the stigmatization of those suffering from mental health problems. Forum and publications. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.stigma.org Empowerment for Healthy Minds Empowerment for Healthy Minds: Consumer-run mental health advocacy organization based in Southwestern Virginia. Empowerment and activism are emphasized. (Policy and Advocacy) http://www.efhm.com