PsychForums.com
National Empowerment Center
Website: http://www.power2u.org/
Peerlink National Technical Assistance Center
NAMI STAR (Support, Technical Assistance and Resources) Center
The Cafe TA Center
519 N. Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone (850) 224-4670
Toll Free (888) 309-CAFE
Fax (850) 224-4674
Website: http://cafetacenter.net/
National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center: Publications
NCSTAC: How to Develop and Maintain Consumer Advisory Boards
A publication of the National Consumers Supporter Technical Assistance Center.
http://www.ncstac.org/content/materials/ConsumerAdvisoryBoard.pdf
Schizophrenia.com Forum: People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
http://www.schizophrenia.com:8080/jiveforums/category.jspa?categoryID=4
Forum for People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia to discuss anything that is of interest - including treatments, challenges and solutions, interpersonal issues, delusions, etc.
Bibliography of First-Person Narratives of Madness In English (5th Edition)
This bibliography is in four sections (1) personal accounts of madness written by survivors themselves; (2) narratives written by family members; (3) anthologies and critical analyses of of the madness narrative genre; and (4) websites featuring oral histories and other first-person perspectives on madness.
Last revised December 2011 with assistance from Jenna Medaris, Mona Haddad, and Cheryl McGraw.
Bibliography of First-Person Narratives of Madness In English (5th Edition)
Bibliography of First-Person Narratives of Madness In English (5th Edition)
PowerPoint: SAMHSA's Olmstead Initiative
SAMHSA PowerPoint Presentation by Deborah Baldwin, MPA.
http://www.nasmhpd.org/Meetings/presentations/Commissioner2012/Deborah%20Baldwin_Monday.pdf
What Are the Arguments for Community-Based Mental Health Care?
World Health Organization (WHO) report. 2003.
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/74710/E82976.pdf
Substance Abuse/Mental Health Treatment Facility Locator
This SAMHSA search tool lists substance abuse and behavioral health treatment facilities all over the country, including all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
Consumer-Operated Service Programs: Monetary and Donated Costs and Cost-Effectiveness
Consumer-Operated Service Programs: Monetary and Donated Costs and Cost-Effectiveness
Brian Yates, Danyelle Manix, Michael C. Freed, Jean Campbell, Matthew Johnsen, Kristine Jones, and Crystal R. Blyer. Psychiatric Rehabiltation Journal 2011; 35(2) :91-9.
Shery Mead Consulting
Peer Support and Peer-Run Crisis Alternatives in Mental Health -- This website features trainings developed by Shery Mead, including crisis training and intentional peer support.
National Empowerment Center: Crisis Alternatives
Mental Health America: Information
Information from Mental Health America on mental health/illness, searchable by audience, conditions, and treatments.
Mad In America.com
"The site is designed to serve as a resource and a community for those interested in rethinking psychiatric care in the United States and abroad. We want to provide readers with news, stories of recovery, access to source documents, and the informed writings of bloggers that will further this enterprise."
Website published by Robert Whitaker, author of Mad In American and Anatomy of An Epidemic.