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Judge David L. Bazelon—A comprehensive guide to the state of mental healthcare reform, including analyses of laws, implementation information, history and reform. Also contains fact sheets and guides available for download and a list of other media resources.
http://www.bazelon.org/Where-We-Stand/Access-to-Services/Health-Care-Reform.aspx
Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America—Executive Summary of the Final Report, issued by The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in July 2003.
Report on universities offering a masters in nonprofit management, issued by U.S. News and World Report.
Article on About.com by Shannon Bond describing options for those considering applying for nonprofit masters degree programs.
"Masters in Non Profit Management strives to provide readers with the best information available about non-profit management degrees. Additionally, we hope to offer valuable information about career opportunities and more in this field."
A guide to effective legislative advocacy prepared by the Florida Council for Community Mental Health.
http://www.floridasuicideprevention.org/PDF/Advocacy%20Guide.pdf
Advocacy and Policy section on the American Public Health Association website. These tools provide mental health consumers and advocates with information and tools for effective legislative advocacy.
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/ - FindLaw's Cases and Codes section contains resources and links for both state and federal laws. This includes resources pertaining to constitutions, statutes, cases and more. Run a search for case summaries or select a jurisdiction to browse applicable laws.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ - The Cornell Legal Information Institute offers all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance, over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, and the full United States Code.
http://www.justia.com/ - Law and Legal information for lawyers, students, businesses, and the public. Search by legal practice areas and specific cases, among other search criteria.
Alphabetized list of mental health policy issues, linking to information, publications and further resources for each issue.
Guide to the legislative and regulatory process published on the website of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Describes the steps in the federal law-making process and the roles of the budget and appropriations process.
http://www.aacn.org/wd/practice/content/publicpolicy/intro.pcms
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill directory of legal organizations to assist mental health consumers, family members, and advocates.
http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Find_Support/Legal_Support/Legal_Resources.htm
Collection of landmark Supreme Court cases affecting those with psychiatric diagnoses, published on the Web Site of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. The rest of this site also offers useful information.
Article found on the Psych Rights Law Project for Psychiatric Rights. It details the laws surrounding issues like involuntary commitment, forced medication, and links to other references.
List of U.S. Supreme Court decisions dated from 1954 to 1993, collected by Psychiatry and the Law Web site, on J.F. Hooper's Forensic Psychiatry Resource.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Web page devoted to policy topics affecting mental health consumers.
"The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of people with mental illnesses through changes in policy and law."
They are an excellent resource for information on laws affecting mental health consumers on issues like housing, advance directives, education, criminal justice, past and present court cases, and more.
Publication adapted from the Pickett Institute Curriculum. LLC. 2002.
http://www.ilj.org/publications/docs/Facilitation_Skills_Developing_Facilitative_Leadership.pdf
A retrospective review of the mental health consumer/survivor movement and 13 federally funded consumer/survivor-operated service programs in the 1980s. A publication of SAMHSA, part of the Consumer Information Series, Volume 1. (2001)
Collection of leadership articles and tool Kits from MindTools.com, concerning leadership skills. Includes information on emotional intelligence in leadership, and crisis planning.
Collection of articles on leadership issues, compiled by QuadWest Associates, LLC. Topics include leadership styles and skills, time management, team building, time management and many others.
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