National Coalition of Mental Health
Consumer/Survivor Organizations

Issues

Activism

• American Association of People with Disabilities

The mission of the American Association of People with Disabilities is to empower, politically and economically, all people with disabilities in the United States - www.aapd.org

• Mouth Magazine and the Ragged Edge Magazine

Up-to-date news, commentary, and humor about issues of concern to the disability rights movement - www.mouthmag.org and www.raggededgemagazine.com

Disability History

• The Disability History Museum

  Check out this great on-line resource with free access to primary source materials related to disability history - www.disabilitymuseum.org

• Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Programs

  Legal help in your area can sometimes be found at your Protection and Advocacy (P&A) office.

  Here is a link to the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System and Client Assistance Program (CAP) from which you can find links to offices in each state - www.napas.org/aboutus/PA_CAP.htm

  Here is a link to Federal Administering Agencies of the local P&A programs - http://www.napas.org/fedadmin.htm

• Judi Chamberlin debates E. Fuller Torrey, MD on Involuntary Treatment

Should Forced Medication be a Treatment Option in Patients with Schizophrenia?

Peer Support

Peer Support has been a vital aspect of recovery for many of us

• CMS letter to State Medicaid Directors (8/15/2007)

View or Download pdf (124 kb, 3 pages)

• Hearing Voices Support

A discussion forum for voice hearers with links to forums for people who support people who hear voices - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/voice-hearers

• Mary Ellen Copeland's website

Her work is based on the values of hope, self-determination, personal empowerment, and responsibility; focusing on strengths rather than deficits, education, simple and safe non-invasive responses, and the use of natural systems of support - www.mentalhealthrecovery.com

• MIND Bookstore

For self-help and recovery books - www.mind.org.uk/osb/showitem.cfm/Category/24

• Peer Support and Advocacy

The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - www.mhselfhelp.org

• Peer Support in Disaster Planning

A Position Paper and Recommendations from the National Center for Disabilities.

• Peer Support: Disaster Preparation for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

Video Presentation - SAMHSA, Center of Mental Health Services, Self Direction in Mental Health Broadcast Series

• Poem

Intentional Peer Support, by Selina Welborn

• Safe Harbor Mental Health Alternatives

Resources on complimentary holistic self-care options - www.alternativementalhealth.com

• Sherry Mead's website

Peer support and peer run crisis alternatives in mental health - www.mentalhealthpeers.com 

Recovery

• Consensus Definition of Recovery and 10 Fundamental Components

SAMHSA Brochure (pdf)

• From Dream to Reality: How Consumers are Driving the Recovery Transformation

PowerPoint presentation (34 pages)

Seclusion and Restraint

• A Risk Management Guide [PDF - 246KB, 35 pages]

Self-Determination

• Center for Self-Determination

Self-determination is a fundamental cornerstone of the disability rights movement. www.self-determination.com

• National Research and Training Center

For papers devoted exclusively to self-determination and mental health go to www.psych.uic.edu/UICNRTC/sdconfpapers.htm

State Hospital Cemetery Restoration

• Danvers State Hospital in Massachusetts

Two forgotten cemeteries were restored and numbered markers were replaced with individual names. http://dsmc.info

Transformation

• Campaign for Mental Health Reform

• SAMHSA plan to implement the New Freedom Commission Report

• Statewide Systems Transformation

Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Statewide Consumer/Survivor Organizations (PDF, 2MB - 104 pages)

• University of Illinois at Chicago National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability Information

  www.psych.uic.edu/uicnrtc

Trauma

• Western Massachusetts Training Consortium: Salasin Project: http://wmtcinfo.org/programs/education/salasin-project/
• National Center for Trauma-Informed Care: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/nctic/
• Sidran Institute: www.sidran.org
  The National Trauma Consortium: www.nationaltraumaconsortium.org/about.html
• Witness Justice: www.witnessjustice.org
• Mental Health Recovery and WRAP: www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/aboutus.php (See among other things, The self-study guide, Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women's Workbook)
• Trauma Transformation Peer Support: http://traumapeersupport.blogspot.com
• Risking Connection: www.RiskingConnection.org
• Seeking Safety: www.SeekingSafety.org
• Sanctuary Leadership Development Institute: www.sanctuaryweb.com
• Community Connections Trauma Services/Resources: www.ccdc1.org/trauma_services.htm
• Addiction and Trauma Recovery Integration Model (ATRIUM): www.dustymiller.org
• Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: www.acestudy.org
• Women Co-Occuring Disorders and Violence Study: www.prainc.com/wcdvs/publications/default.asp
• The Anna Institute: www.theannainstitute.org
• Wisconsin State Trauma Summit Report, May 2007: www.wafca.org/PDFFilesandDirections/Trauma%20Summit%20Report.pdf
• Healing Self Injury: www.healingselfinjury.org
• Shery Mead Consulting: www.mentalhealthpeers.com (see, Peer Support and a Socio-Political Response to Trauma and Abuse, & other materials)
• The Freedom Center: http://freedom-center.org

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