Resources

"The Alliance for Human Research Protection is a national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices, to minimizing the risks associated with such endeavors and to ensuring that the human rights, dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected."

"In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades?"

The Cochrane Collaboration "is a global independent network of researchers" who "work together to produce credible, accessible health information that is free from commercial sponsorship and other conflicts of interest." The Cochrane Library "is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making".

"The documentary Crazywise explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience."

Peter Gøtzsche's book seeks to "alert people to two terrible facts: Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. The behaviour of Big Pharma fulfils the criteria for organised crime in US law."

A disorder for everyone (AD4E) is a one-day event for anyone who is challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and exploring trauma informed alternatives.

"#Emerging Proud is ultimately a campaign about providing hope; that breaking down does not mean we are broken; it means that we can be amidst a difficult journey to ‘breakthrough’."

An online library of articles, interviews, videos, and more from Leonard Roy Frank (1932-2015), prolific writer and influential ex-patient activist who spent decades speaking out against the conventional mental health system, and particularly, electroshock. 

Hearing Voices Network offers information, support and understanding to people who hear voices and those who support them.

"The Hearing Voices Network (HVN) USA is one of over 20 nationally-based networks around the world joined by shared goals and values, incorporating a fundamental belief that there are many ways to understand the experience of hearing voices and other unusual or extreme experiences."

A non-profit organization that strives to educate the healthcare community and consumers about safe medication practices. Includes a mix of resources for free and at a cost.

"At ISEN we are passionate about providing a collaborative platform that connects networks around the world that offer compassionate support to those who understand their experiences to be a spiritual crisis rather than a mental illness, raising awareness of a non-pathological integral framework within the mental health field."

"Intervoice (International Hearing Voices Projects) is a charity, registered in the UK, that aims to support the International Hearing Voices Movement by connecting people, sharing ideas, distributing information, highlighting innovative initiatives, encouraging high quality respectful research and promoting its values across the world."

Live & Learn, Inc. is a social enterprise that provides research, technical assistance, and knowledge translation services to behavioral health systems.

"This second edition of Models of Madness challenges those who hold to simplistic, pessimistic and often damaging theories and treatments of madness.

This website provides access to past and present drug labels for both brand-name and generic versions of drugs. It also sometimes provides links to related information, such as links to U.S. registered clinical trials.

This co-produced project from psychologists and survivors in the UK argues for a non-medical, narrative-based approach to distress, and can be used to construct different and more empowering stories of recovery.

"I practice Schizophrenistry — the art of turning multiple realities into words, pictures, and actions without any social constraints to enable those with lesser realities an access into mine." (re-quoted from Todd Murphy) 

Val Resch

"RxISK is a free, independent drug safety website to help you weigh the benefits of any medication against its potential dangers."

"Referencing Joanne Greenberg’s book I Never Promised you a Rose Garden, this collection demonstrates the challenge, determination and successes of the authors in working towards a paradigm shift in the understanding of madness and distress."