Open Directory - Health: Mental Health: Policy and Advocacy
See also: - Information and resources for persons with mental health disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills. - North Carolina coalition of mental health professionals, consumers, families and advocates organized to pursue lobbying and mental health reform initiatives. - ESAN is an independent, user managed organization committed to the empowerment of mental health service users. Lists the office locations, news and upcoming events. - Support, human rights advocacy, and holistic alternatives for people labeled 'mentally ill' in the Pioneer Valley, MA. - GIDreform.org is a resource for all who advocate reform of the psychiatric classification of gender diversity as mental disorder. - Information on ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act), the effect of mental illness on work or schooling, coping, filing a complaint, question of the month. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Volunteer advocate recruitment for Newport Mind mental health Peer Advocacy in Gwent, South Wales. Full training and supervision provided.
