I have found a number of web sites which have similar ideals, and goals as I
describe in some sections of my web page. Primarily, these consist of
those people and organizations which are opposed to modern psychiatry and the
current medications available for psychiatric purposes. I am not
completely opposed to these concepts, but certain aspects of them. I will
be adding descriptions to all of these in order to better assist in finding
useful information.
I also list sites which oppose my views because I truly believe in fully
informing people, and not just telling my side of the story.
Anti-Psychiatry/Anti-Medication Links
 | http://www.antipsychiatry.org/
- This is perhaps the BEST site for making the argument against
psychiatry. Very good stuff on almost every page. |
| http://www.successfulschizophrenia.com/welcome.shtml
- This is perhaps the BEST site for encouragement and advice from fellow
Psychiatric Survivors, and other very good resources. |
| http://www.talkingcure.com - This page
has a number of valuable resources stating that the drug companies are pushing
products which don't significantly improve the symptoms of the mentally ill, and
in many cases , make things far worse. I had a bit of trouble navigating
their site, though, so I will point out a couple of sub pages I found to be
helpful.
 | http://www.talkingcure.com/archive/special.htm
- This outlines some of the different effects of conventional drugs and
alternative drugs. I particularly like the comparison between SSRI's and
Ecstasy. The table is nice, too. |
| http://www.talkingcure.com/archive/drugs.htm
- This shows the results of several studies which unanimously agree Talk-Therapy
is consistently more effective, and typically more economical than
Drug-Therapy. It shows the patients typically prefer Talk-Therapy, and
it shows the Mental Health Community typically ignores these results, and
prescribes medication anyway. |
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| http://www.truehope.com/home.asp
- I have not researched this site at all, but it looks promising. They
provide alternatives to the medications for psychosis and depression. |
| http://www.walnet.org/llf/ - The
Lunatic Liberation Front. Full of good articles, stories, and book
references. |
| http://www.schizoaffective.org/
- A very helpful sight, though not for Schizophrenia directly. It is
very much an anti-medication site, and they have resources to help if you
decide meds are not for you. This site is larger than it looks at
first. Go to their Top-sites list to see more of this organizations
links.
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Pro-Psychiatry/Pro-Medication Links
| http://www.psychlaws.org/LegalResources/
- The Treatment Advocacy Center advocates the restoration of the portions of
mental health system which have been cut by budgets, and legislative
reform. I disagree with much of what is said here, but they point out
many interesting facts. The link here is not to their home page, but
to a resource they have which I have found to be very valuable. It is
a complete text of the statutes regarding the diagnosis and treatment of
mental patients, and their rights and restrictions. |
| http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/psilocybin/psilocybinv.htm
- This is interesting. It shows the relationship between
hallucinogenic drugs and serotonin |
| http://www.schizophrenia.com/
- I disagree with most of the stuff on this web site, but I am putting it on
here because it is one of the better sites opposing my views. They do
have some very valid points. But apparently, they are also
chicken-shit. I tried to reach them to confront them on a particular
subject, and their email is no longer valid. They actually advocate
lying to get a person into involuntary treatment by saying they have
attempted to hurt themselves or others (when they have not). Talk
about alienation of friends and family!! |
| http://www.seroquel.com
- A typical drug info page for an atypical anti-psychotic drug. (okay,
bad pun). I do not advocate Seroquel, or any other currently available
medication for the treatment of schizophrenia.
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| http://www.springerlink.com/app/home/main.asp?wasp=nntltklulk42m6ypfmel
- This is a place to get Medical Journals for a fee. I have not
verified the value of this service. |
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