Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center
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Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center
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Aaron Lee George vs Texas a dramatic rendering of the events of a son and husband Borderline Personality Disorder Today Recovery information. Ask the Dr., articles by professionals in the field, newsletter, bulletin board, suicide intervention, resources and more. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF MP Forty-one year old female patient dies at Western State Hospital after being found unresponsive in her bedroom on July 7, 1997. DRVD CASE# 97-0350 M Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities Beth R. Chadwell, Disability Rights Advocate May 1999
American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Position statement on Involuntary Commitment Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Effects of Outpatient Commitment on Use of Mental Health Services Are Greatly Exaggerated
Bibliography of Sources and referrals to information regarding coercion, outpatient committment and other related articles. Blaming the Brain: The Real Truth About Drugs and Mental Health, Library Journal New York Oct 15, 1998 from expatient.org Bomb Count Grows; Woman Linked to Guns in Attack April 28, 1999 By JODI WILGOREN LITTLETON, Colo. -- An 18-year-old woman who attended the senior prom with one of the killers at Columbine High School bought at least two of the firearms used in the attack The Buffalo News (Buffalo NY)
California Treatment Advocacy Coalition Recommendations ... Treatment voluntarily embraced is always preferable to treatment given involuntarily. CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE CARE & RESEARCH
Colorado Mental Health Records show mental hospital fails to give individualized care
Consumer/Survivor Statements from National Leaders from the COALITION TO STOP OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT Consumers seek unified voice at mental health conference The issue of forced treatment vs. patient rights is a rallying point for more than 400 people who come to Portland to be heard Sunday, August 29, 1999 By Erin Hoover Barnett of The Oregonian staffCourt Takes Up Disabled Care Suit WASHINGTON (AP) --Supreme Court justices worried aloud Wednesday that mentally disabled people might be ``abandoned on the streets'' if an anti-bias law is judged to give them a broad right to live in homelike settings rather than state hospitals. Crackdown on
Schizophrenics Is Urged After Utah Shooting The New York Times April 17,
1999 By JAMES BROOKE SALT LAKE CITY -- For the second time in three months, this
conservative city grappled Friday with news that a schizophrenic resident who refused to
take
Deinstitutionalization: A deadly debacle By E. Fuller Torrey and Mary Zdanowicz. For some mentally ill, getting out of one institution means landing in another.... DISABILITY ADVOCATES
PRAISE WORK INCENTIVES BILL DOC RIPS $HRINK LINK TO DRUG FIRMS By GREGG BIRNBAUM & DOUGLAS MONTERO
Duke University Study of IOC Duke University's Marvin Swartz, MD highlights preliminary results from this NIMH study of involuntary outpatient commitment. Eric Harris was under a doctor's care. (CNN) April 29, 1999 Shooting suspect Eric Harris was rejected by Marine Corps recruiters just five days before the Columbine High School massacre because he had been prescribed an anti-depressant and was under a doctor's care.
THE FEDERAL HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 1999BACKGROUND AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION FyrenIyce - The Australian Bipolar Website The site is home for the FyrenIyce Bipolar Support Group. It contains useful original information.
...Grant me the Serenity A recovery resource with lots of links and some online recovery content. The authors provide links to their personal pages Harris had prescription for anti-depressant CNN News: Among the leads for investigators is a medical condition cited by the Marines Corps when it rejected Harris as a recruit just five days before the attack. INCREASE IN SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY LEVEL NEAR APPROVAL;NAMI COMMENTS ON SGA PROPOSED INCREASE In an effort to bolster work incentives reform in Congress, Vice President Al Gore announced at a press conference on February 12 of this year, a proposed rule change to increase the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) level INVOLUNTARY INTERVENTIONS:THE CALL FOR A NATIONAL LEGAL AND MEDICAL RESPONSE May 5-7, 1994 Houston,TexasHUMAN RIGHTS, NOT PATIENTS' RIGHTS JUDI CHAMBERLIN Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts
Juliet's Bipolar Page More than a page, it's a site created by someone with Bipolar Disorder which includes original poetry. The Word Salad section gives others a chance to share creative material. Kathryn Cohan's Essays
Some very articulate essays from a consumer who is also an
excellent writer and an activist. Her
home page contains even more stuff
Koko's Page A page which seems to change frequently. Last time I looked it included content on the effects of Effexor - an antidepressant.
Leibovitch, Lori Interview with Fuller Torrey "Madness in the Streets" in Salon Magazine Feb. 1997
A Light in the Darkness A consumer-created peer support group for those suffering from mood disorder, mental illness, and psychological trauma
Medical Centers in New York Join Together The New York Times January 17, 1999 By TERRY PRISTIN The Mercurial Mind - Living with Bipolar Disorder A site created by a woman with bipolar disorder. She describes her own experiences for the benefit of others. Mental Health Matters A very different site. This one is written by Judy Castelli an abuse survivor with MPD, but functions as a comprehensive resource for consumers and families. She also has an MPD and Art site
Mental Illness Awareness What is it about Mental Illness that we're supposed to be aware of? from your About.com Guide Mental Illness and the Law- Legal resources for the mentally ill, mental patients rights, mental illness as a criminal defense, law enforcement and the mentally ill, involuntary committment, Mental Health Act 1983, psychiatric law, right to refuse treatment, Forensics, Ethical Guidelines, Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment "Mentally Ill Offenders in California's Criminal Justice System." By Marcus Nieto (CRB-99-002, February 1999) This report discusses what is known about the mentally ill in California county jails and state prisons, gives examples of what local correctional institutions are doing to identify and provide medical care to the mentally ill, and offers selected policy options. (scroll to pdf file) Missouri Institute of Mental Health Program in Consumer Studies and Training This site is part of a study to "evaluate the effectiveness and costs associated with consumer operated services as an adjunct to traditional mental health services." Moods an interesting site created by an intern counselor with a family history of major mood disorders.
NAMI Applauds NBC News Program, 'Back to Bedlam'
The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities. New Mexico, land of entrapment, and its "criminal injustice system" This is a site written by a consumer who claims that his rights were violated when he was hospitalized.
PACT Across America: NAMI Launches Major National Initiative to Establish PACT in Every State By Year 2002:
PSYCHO KILLER'S BID FOR RELEASE STIRS ANXIETIES By DOUGLAS MONTERO submitted by NYAPRS
Recovering from BPD Using Computer Art A personal story of healing from Borderline Personality Disorder using computer art. For the most part the art speaks for itself.
Research Study of the New York City Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Pilot Program Policy Research Associates, Inc. 262 Delaware Avenue Delmar, New York 12054 Prepared for:New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services 93 Worth Street New York, New York 10013 The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment is the most comprehensive analysis in print of the legal issues raised by involuntary treatment. Bruce J. Winick APA Members/Affiliates: $39.95 List: $49.95 Item # 4316770 ISBN: 1-55798-369-0 Rx for Depression: Medication, Therapy and Spirituality To: National Desk, Health Writer Contact: John McInerney of the National Institute for Healthcare Research, 301-984-7162, ext. 318
SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES DEEPLY FLAWED PATIENT PROTECTION BILL March 31, 1999 Wellstone Mental Health Amendment Rejected Sexual
exploitation and abuse of clients by professionals SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION INCREASES SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY (SGA) LEVEL TO $700 A MONTH - EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1999. NAMI E-News April 19, 1999 Vol. 99-119. On April 15, the Social Security Administration published final rules implementing a proposed increase in the Substantial Gainful Activity level for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Social Security Disability Program Links to information on Social Security issues Suit tossed on rights of children: An advocacy group challenged a law making it easier to commit a child for treatment. By Joseph A. Slobodzian INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Swordsman mentally ill: By Barbara J. Durkin Newsday Staff Writer, April 8, 1999. THE SIGHT OF a bullet-riddled son lying in a hospital bed would be frightening for any mother, but for Nadine Stevens it is a vision that also inspires hope. TAINTED PSYCH-PANEL BIG STEPPING DOWN By GREGG BIRNBAUM and DOUGLAS MONTERO
Tesserae is a beautifully rendered site which is not for the faint of heart. It is the story of one woman's abuse and healing told by the personality system of a woman with dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). Be warned that there are images which might trigger you if you are an abuse survivor. Tragedy and Senselessness By BEVERLY MCPHAIL Two words have consistently been used to describe the school shooting in Littleton, Colo. : tragic and senseless.
TREATMENT ADVOCACY CENTER
NEWSLETTER The Treatment Advocacy Center is working to strengthen assisted treatment laws across the country in an effort to reduce such devastating consequences, and to enhance the quality of life for these individuals and their communities.
Unlocking Doors Trying to figure out how to help severely mentally ill people who don't want treatment is enough to drive you crazy. U.S. Suspends Research at VA Hospital in L.A. The Verdict of the Foucalt Tribunal help with our Fight against Force and Coercion Violence and Mental Illness People who have mental illnesses very rarely make the news. The overwhelming majority even those with severe disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorderwant only to live in dignity, free from the suffering brought by their illnesses.
Who Killed John McCloskey? June 13: Chapter 1: The patient Arrested for indecent exposure in Rockbridge County, 18-year-old John McCloskey is sent to Western State Hospital, a state-run mental institution in Staunton. Three days after his arrival, he becomes violently ill and is rushed to a Charlottesville emergency room.
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IMPROVEMENT ACT UPDATE: Yellow Brick Road A site created by Holly who has bipolar disorder. Read first-person descriptions of this disorder, but look out for the Geocities pop-up ads. |
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