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Sites discussing controversies about mental health, psychiatry, and psychology, pointing out problems, and offering a wide range of differing opinions. Some advocate reform, others advise scrapping the modern system of mental health care altogether.

Sites in Mental Health

The Battle for the Human Soul
Is there such a thing as mental illness?
Crazy Therapies
Review of a guide to recognizing an incompetent, immoral or quack therapist.
Mental Health Matters
A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights.
Abuse in Psychotherapy
Site to raise consciousness and provide support for patients/clients who are, or have been, verbally and emotionally abuse by psychotherapists - includes checklists and discussion.
Justice In Mental Health Organization
Advocates for "justice in family, housing, employment and our social lives, with civil and legal rights as well."
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
A research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of people who have psychiatric disabilities.
Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
Peter R. Breggin, M.D. founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) as a nonprofit research and educational network 25 years ago and warns the media and the public about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, and the biological theories of psychiatry.
The Future of Psychiatry
A research account into the logical status of theories used in psychiatry which concludes that psychiatry is not a science.
Essays on Psychology and Life
Essays on therapy, failed therapy, managed care, the Columbine High School massacre, Bill Clinton's "attention deficit disorder", and other mental health topics.
Mental Illness Education Project: Fighting Stigma
The social stigma of mental illness makes it harder for those affected to cope with and accept the illness, undermines treatment and recovery, and exacerbates the problems of family members who participate in care. Stigma also diminishes the support given to the professionals who endeavor to provide that care.
The First Grrrl
She spent years championing the rights of the disabled and the forgotten. When she became the underdog in her own life, she struggled just as fiercely to save herself.
KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events
The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section.
Therapy Abuse
A site for survivors of therapy abuse and supportive others.
Alternative Mental Health.com
Alternative Mental Health.com is a guide to alternative mental health(non-psychiatric, health-oriented). The site features a directory of practitioners, organizations and experts from several countries.
Psychology versus true love in the world of thought control
The role of psychology as a tool to define reality, anchor your perception in the Stage World, cover-up the truth and manipulate your destiny.
Care in the Community
Addressing serious problems in the care of the mentally ill in the United Kingdom.
Stepping into the Light
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness:a forum on mental illness, presenting accurate, up to date information
Soul Sadness
Information on depression disorders, suicide and suicides survivors, links to experience and learning sites, personal experiences, forums.
Interview with Bryant Welch, JD, PhD
Risk management issues for mental health professionals.
As For The Sky, Falling
A book that combines a first-person account of life on a psychiatric ward with a critical analysis of the psychiatric system.
Report Psychiatric Abuse
Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Database of psychiatric crimes; form for reporting psychiatric abuses; video presentation.
Support Groups Chats For Mental Health
Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat.
Panic Disorder
Dr. Michael Menaster, a San Francisco psychiatrist, on "panic disorder"; symptoms, possible causes and treatments.
Mind Mania
An index to web pages on issues concerning mental health.
National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
An organization opposed to psychiatric abuses and involuntary treatment.
The Thomas S. Szasz Cybercenter for Liberty and Responsibility
Advances the debate about Thomas S. Szasz's basic ideas and their practical applications.
Till Death Do Us Part: The Marriage of Art and Madness
Graduate thesis exploring the relationship between art and madness.
Mind, Body and Society
Enquiry and research on the interplay between mind, body, and society. Includes sections on consciousness, psychosis, imagination, health, sickness, and death.
White Wreath Association Inc. - Action Against Suicide
A voluntary organization that advocates changes to the mental health system and also raises funds to build care centers.
The Stigma of CineMania
Created to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.
Alternative Mental Health
A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system.
California Network of Mental Health Clients
An organization dedicated to empowering MH clients through self-help groups and statewide networking. Offers program report overviews, resources, and current news.
Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM) - Voices of an Illness
An award-winning three-part radio series covering personal stories of clinical depression, manic-depression, and schizophrenia.
Psychiatry Anti-Psychiatry Re-visited
David Coopers' discoveries in psychodynamics of Schizophrenia and his criticisms of psychiatry.

sub categories in Mental Health

Anti-Psychiatry Organizations Anti-Psychiatry Organizations
ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy
Medication Medication
Personal Stories Personal Stories
Substance Abuse Substance Abuse
Articles Articles
Involuntary Commitment Involuntary Commitment
Memory Controversies Memory Controversies
Psychosurgery Psychosurgery
Use of Restraints Use of Restraints

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