The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies - New York Citys advocacy organization for community mental health, representing a network of over 100 non-profit, community-based mental health agencies.

Mental Health Advocate - Mental health resources, newsletter articles, links, personal accounts, stories, and news. We believe recovery is possible.

Coalition for Persons Disabled by Mental Illness - North Carolina coalition of mental health professionals, consumers, families and advocates organized to pursue lobbying and mental health reform initiatives.

Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. - Information and resources for persons with mental health disabilities. Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills.

Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health - 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.

Mental Health Communication Network - MHCN.org is dedicated to preventing violence and other consequences of untreated severe mental illnesses.

Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center - Resource center for consumers/survivors/ex-patients and consumer-run organizations across the United States, promoting self-help, recovery and empowerment.

Consumer Consultancy - Mental health activism, community development, and resources organization based in the U.K.

Handling Your Mental Illness at Work and School - Information on ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act), the affect of mental illness on work or schooling, coping, filing a complaint, question of the month.

The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc. - 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.

Empowerment for Healthy Minds - Consumer-run mental health advocacy organization based in Southwestern Virginia. Empowerment and activism are emphasized.

SuicideMalpractice - Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice litigation against mental health care providers.

Public Policy Advocacy - (American Psychiatric Association) - Public Policy Advocacy contains a search feature and news briefs on mental health policy.

National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - 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.

Medscout Mental Health - Links and material regarding mental health issues, mental health associations and organizations, public health and special topics (such as suicide and substance abuse).

Transcultural Mental Health Centre - Information and resources for people of non-English speaking backgrounds suffering or caring for someone with a mental illness. Translated information also available. Involved in research and education.

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General - The first Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, asserting that mental illness is a critical public health problem that must be addressed by the nation.

dotCOMsense - The American Psychological Association (APA) provides guidelines on how to protect individual privacy and assess the credibility of mental health information found on the Internet.

Mental Health Consumer Net Connections - By and for consumer/survivors living in British Columbia, Canada, the site is intended as an informational and referral resource for consumers within the province and beyond.

Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System - One sixth of inmates have a mental illness, but do not receive treatment because facilities are over-crowded and under-staffed.