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These websites do not necessarily represent the opinions of the National Empowerment Center.

Mental Health Services

• Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation - www.bu.edu/sarpsych
• The Center for Mental Health Services - www.samhsa.gov/centers/cmhs/cmhs.html
• Health6.com - Comprehensive Health Directory www.health6.com
• National Center for Trauma Informed Care - http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/nctic
• National Mental Health Association - www.nmha.org
• SAMHSA/Knowledge Exchange Network -www.mentalhealth.org
• Evaluation Center at the Human Services Research Institute www.tecathsri.org
• Volunteers in Psychotherapy - www.ctvip.org

Disability Rights

• Americans With Disabilities Act - www.Bazelon.org/ada.html and www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/publicat.htm
• Disability Rights Activist - www.disrights.org
• Job Accommodation Network - http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
• National Council on Disability - "From privileges to rights" -www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/privileges.html
• National Research and Training Center of the National Institute on Disability and Research - www.pshch.uic.edu/uicnrtc

Recovery/Empowerment

• ECT - www.ect.org and www.banshock.org
• Freedom Center - www.freedom-center.org
• Help and Healing from Violence - www.witnessjustice.org
• The Icarus Project - www.theicarusproject.net
• Independent Living Centers - www.ilusa.com/links/ilcenters.htm
• International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology - www.breggin.com
• Intervoice - www.intervoiceonline.org
• Madness - www.peoplewho.org
• Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures, Volume II
• Mental Health Recovery - www.mhrecovery.com
• MIND - www.mind.org.uk
• MindFreedom International - www.mindfreedom.org
• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - www.mhselfhelp.org
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal - www.bu.edu/prj/link
• Small Business and Self Employment for People with Disabilities www.dol.gov/odep/programs/promotin.htm

Technical Assistance Centers

• DBSA's Technical Assistance Center: www.PeersHelpingPeers.org
• National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center - www.ncstac.org
• National Empowerment Center TAC - www.power2u.org
• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - www.mhselfhelp.org
• STAR Center (Support, Technical Assistance and Resources) www.consumerstar.org

Trauma Recovery

• NCTIC: National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
  www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/nctic
• Healing Self-Injury blog - http://healingselfinjury.org
• The Shofar Coalition - www.shofarcoalition.org
• Western Massachusetts Training Consortium - www.wmtcinfo.org

Alternative/Spiritual Treatment Methods

• Anti-Shock Neurologist John Friedberg, M.D. - www.idiom.com/~drjohn
• True Hope - www.truehope.com
• Soul Wisdom - www.soulwisdom.net
• Alternative Mental Health - www.alternativementalhealth.com
• Perelandra (flower essences) - www.perelandra-ltd.com

Legal Resources

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - www.Bazelon.org
• Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter - www.abanet.org/disability/reporter/home.html
• National Association for Rights, Protection & Advocacy - www.narpa.org
• National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives - www.nrc-pad.org
• Protection & Advocacy Agencies - www.protectionandadvocacy.com
• PsychRights - www.psychrights.org

Media

• The Mad Market - www.mindfreedom.org/mad-market
• Mouth Magazine - www.mouthmag.org