Letter published in JAMA in response to article about bringing back asylums

This letter, by Susan Rogers, Director, National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, was published in JAMA in response to an article by Dominic Sisti, Ph.D., et al., about bringing back asylums. For the letter, which begins at the bottom of the first page of the PDF and continues on the second page, click here.

Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: Myths and Facts

Fact sheet from the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery

http://www.ncmhr.org/downloads/NCMHR-Fact-Sheet-on-Involuntary-Outpatient-Commitment-4.3.14.pdf

Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness

A multi-platform media project that explores severe mental illness in America. Includes full length television program, originally aired on PBS in 2009 and a project toolkit to foster discussion about mental illness in your group or community.

http://www.mindsontheedge.org/about/toolkit/

Should Forced medication be a Treatment Option in Patients with Schizophrenia?

Article on forced medication as treatment. Pro's by E. Fuller Torey and Con's by Judi Chamberlin.

http://www.power2u.org/debate.html

State-by-State Standards for Involuntary Commitment

State-by-state guide to involuntary commitment laws published on Mental Illness Policy.org.

http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/studies/state-standards-involuntary-treatment.html

NMHA: Position Statement 22 - Involuntary Mental Health Treatment

Position statement of Mental Health America on involuntary mental health treatment.

http://www.nmha.org/go/position-statements/22

The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights

The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights: The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) is a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) public interest law firm whose mission is to mount a strategic legal campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock in the United States.

http://psychrights.org/