Surf these sites: 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. Crazy Therapies -- Review of a guide to recognizing an incompetent, immoral or quack therapist. 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. Essays on Psychology and Life -- Richard Grossman, Ph.D. Essays on psychotherapy, parenting, couples counseling, searching on-line for a therapist, and other topics in psychology. Justice In Mental Health Organization -- Advocates for "justice in family, housing, employment and our social lives, with civil and legal rights as well." Mental Health Facts -- An index to many articles that challenge the very basis of psychiatry, with specific articles on involuntary commitment, patient abuse, psychotropic drugs, electro-shock therapy, the role of psychiatry in Nazi Germany, Attention Deficit Disorder, and much more, written by lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and religious leaders. Mental Health Matters -- Mental health research, alternative treatments for all psychological disorders-research, alternative treatment, emotional support, mental health law, statistics, and professional resources. 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. Parity for Mental Illness Health Insurance -- From the American Psychiatric Association. Sociology of Mental Illness -- An "in-a-nutshell" slide presentation of the differences between the sociological view of mental illness and the "medical" or "labeling" models, and to alternatives to the common methods of viewing mental illness. The Battle for the Human Soul -- Is there such a thing as mental illness? The Future of Psychiatry -- A research account into the logical status of theories used in psychiatry which concludes that psychiatry is not a science. apart from . . . being schizoid -- An in-depth look at schizoid personality types, the recluses and loners of society, including the debate as to whether this introverted state is in fact a "disorder" at all.
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