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• - Public Policy Advocacy contains a search feature and news briefs on mental health policy.
  
• - Consumer-run mental health advocacy organization based in Southwestern Virginia. Empowerment and activism are emphasized.
  
• - CineMania was designed to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Mental health resources, newsletter articles, links, personal accounts, stories, and news. We believe recovery is possible.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice litigation against mental health care providers.
  
• - Mississippi Protection and Advocacy System, Inc. is a private, nonprofit agency which receives federal funds to protect & advocate the rights of individuals with disabilities
  
• - GIDreform.org is a resource for all who advocate reform of the psychiatric classification of gender diversity as mental disorder.
  
• - Commission of the European Communities. Replies to the questionnaire on psychotherapists Regulated by the "Psychotherapiegesetz" (Psychotherapy Act)- 1995.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Resource center for consumers/survivors/ex-patients and consumer-run organizations across the United States, promoting self-help, recovery and empowerment.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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
  
• - Support, human rights advocacy, and holistic alternatives for people labeled 'mentally ill' in the Pioneer Valley, MA.
  
• - An initiative to raise awareness of the stigmatization of those suffering from mental health problems. Forum and publications.
  
• - New York City's advocacy organization for community mental health, representing a network of over 100 non-profit, community-based mental health agencies.
  
• - Volunteer advocate recruitment for Newport Mind mental health Peer Advocacy in Gwent, South Wales. Full training and supervision provided.
  
• - One sixth of inmates have a mental illness, but do not receive treatment because facilities are over-crowded and under-staffed.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - North Carolina coalition of mental health professionals, consumers, families and advocates organized to pursue lobbying and mental health reform initiatives.
  
• - Information and resources for persons with mental health disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills.
  
• - ESAN is an independent, user managed organisation committed to the empowerment of mental health service users.
  
• - Tools built to assist the mentally ill. Includes downloadable and online informational mental health resources.