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Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
http://www.geocities.com/stargazers_here/mental_illness.html
One sixth of inmates have a mental illness, but do not receive treatment because facilities are over-crowded and under-staffed.

Mississippi Advocacy and Protection
http://www.mspas.com/
Mississippi Protection and Advocacy System, Inc. is a private, nonprofit agency which receives federal funds to protect & advocate the rights of individuals with disabilities

National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
http://www.mhselfhelp.org
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse helps connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and offers expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers.

Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov
President Bush identifies obstacles to quality mental health care. Includes details of the Commission's work and schedule, along with a section for receiving public comment.

Psychology and Psychotherapy in Austria
http://www.psy.it/normativa_ue/austria/dir_89_48_cee.htm
Commission of the European Communities. Replies to the questionnaire on psychotherapists Regulated by the "Psychotherapiegesetz" (Psychotherapy Act)- 1995.

Public Policy Advocacy - (American Psychiatric Association)
http://www.psych.org/advocacy_policy/
Public Policy Advocacy contains a search feature and news briefs on mental health policy.

Stigma.org
http://www.stigma.org
An initiative to raise awareness of the stigmatization of those suffering from mental health problems. Forum and publications.

SuicideMalpractice
http://www.suicidemalpractice.net/
Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice litigation against mental health care providers.

Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/cmh/childreport.htm
Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda. This report was prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of Justice. It is an outgrowth of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health which was released in December, 1999.

The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies
http://www.cvmha.org
New York City's advocacy organization for community mental health, representing a network of over 100 non-profit, community-based mental health agencies.

The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.
http://www.thenationalcoalition.org
Advocating for mental health patients and professionals via educating the general public about good mental health care and by standing up to fight managed care's abusive practices.

The stigma of CineMania
http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/pages/1/index.htm
CineMania was designed to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.

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