Surf these sites: Antipsychiatry Reading Room -- Suffering the dubious, largely retrograde ''benefits'' of electro-bogus psychiatric treatment, I still struggle to represent the haphazard, unsatisfactory unfolding of damaged potential that is a truncated life in all respects. Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) -- Home page of the organization founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at State University of New York. Since then, CCHR has grown to more than 120 chapters in 28 countries. The purpose of the organization is to investigate and expose abuses in the psychiatric profession. Includes links to a number of detailed articles. Freedom from Fear -- Don''t miss the ongoing tour to show the horrors of mental patients at the hands of Nazi psychiatrists during World War II. Some of the psychiatrists involved were prosecuted after the war, while others continued to practice psychiatry after the war. MadNation -- Active mental health advocacy online. Manufacturing Victims: What the Psychology Industry is Doing to People -- Behind the benevolent facade is a self-serving industry that offers ''facts'' which are often unfounded, provides ''therapy'' which can be damaging, and exerts influence which is having devastating effects on society. Mental Health Faithweb -- An index to sites that explore abuses in the mental health field, including crimes committed by psychiatrists against their patients, Electro-Shock Therapy, involuntary commitment, abuse of psychotropic drugs and Ritalin. Mental Health Information -- A source of information on, and criticisms of, the Mental Health field. Some excellent telling quotes. NoPsychs -- With more and more information available to the public on the negative aspects of psychiatry and psych drugs, people are looking for alternatives and will be looking for services such as these. Pseudoscience in Psychology -- Devoted to critically examining the philosophy and practice of psychology and psychiatry. Psychiatry -- A comprehensive guide to the best anti-psychiatry sites on the net. Support Coalition: Human Rights & Psychiatry -- Exposes mental health system human rights violations. Promotes alternatives to psychiatry''s forced drugging & electroshock. The Antipsychiatry Coalition -- Nonprofit volunteer organization of people who feel people have been harmed by psychiatry. The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses -- A resource site for parents, and a challenge to the biomedical mental health industry This Way Lies Ruin -- Among the medical profession only, they are the single group with the highest rate of insurance fraud convictions, and among all professions they are the single group with the highest rate of suicide. Verbal and Emotional Abuse in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis -- The issues relating to verbal and emotional abuse are ill-defined, and more often than not are outside of the consciousness of both practitioner and patient/client. Welcome World -- Life education center for healing and serving others as ourselves - the alternative to the verbal and physical abuse of psychiatry. Yes Spirit -- Member referral center for those advocating religious treatment of psychiatric disorders. (Affiliated with NoPsychs and the Foundation for Religious Freedom.) psych.crime -- Medical ethics concerning the abuse of patients'' psychiatric treatment and/or therapy. Contains examples that document ethical problems from the 1400s to the present.
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