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- Austen Riggs Center Explained by Richard Cole - A patient's view of the Austen Riggs Center, a psychiatric hospital in Stockbridge, MA.
www.richardcole.com/ARC/index.htm
- Bud Powell 1924-1966 - Taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation, he wrote on the admittance form: 'Pianist and composer of over 1,000 songs.' To which the attending doctor wrote, 'delusions of grandeur' and put him in a straitjacket.
www.cchr.org/art/eng/page28.htm
- Defining Sanity - A unique resource for an inside look at mental disorders from the viewpoint of a sufferer. Includes on-line novels, personal journal, original lyrics, poetry and music.
www.definingsanity.com
- Dick Sutphen's Brainwashing: The Battle for Your Mind -
www.ctyme.com/bwash/bwash.htm
- Finding Yourself Without Paying Through the Nose - Finding self improvement, respect, esteem, confidence,discipline,great attitude and yourself without paying through the nose.
www.geocities.com/findoneself/index.html
- Gaines, Victoria - The Story of a Proud Nutcase - Story of author's escape from domestic and psychiatric abuse, discusses civil and human rights violations that are involved in the involuntary commitment of those alleged to be mentally ill. Includes personal information, photographs, and poetry.
www.geocities.com/vdgaines
- Ink Droppings - The site provides editorials on current mental health issues. It also includes abuse survivor poetry/prose.
www.geocities.com/inkdroppings
- Janet Frame: 'An Angel at My Table' - Janet Frame, the noted New Zealand author, was devastated by her experiences in a psychiatric hospital.
www.cchr.org/art/eng/page36.htm
- Journals of a Child Molester - An accurate daily journal of events and feelings from the perspective of the perpetrator. "My reason for making this journal public is simple. If anything in this journal helps someone in any way so that one less child in this world is hurt, then it is all worth it."
www.angelfire.com/journal/joewilson
- Mental Illness? or - Salvation - Online book that chronicles a woman's 18 year journey through hell and back with what is popularly called "mental illness" to healing, wholeness and a new paradigm.
home.earthlink.net/~onthe8thday
- Metapsychology Online Review: Memoirs Section - Reviews of memoirs and biographies of people with mental illness.
mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=memoirs
- No More Shame - Information on self-injury, depression, and suicide. Includes a journal, poetry, smiles, and useful links.
www.angelfire.com/nc/angeldustworld/index2.html
- Psychotherapy - the patient's perspective - Psychotherapy, an introduction from the patient's perspective. Excerpts from a book written by a patient of a London psychotherapist.
www.geocities.com/psychotherapyuk
- Sally Clay Zangmo Blue Thundercloud - Essays and poems on the path of spirituality and madness. Alternative to psychiatry.
home.earthlink.net/~sallyclay
- To be a Mental Patient - To be a mental patient is to be stigmatized, ostracized, socialized, patronized and psychiatrized.
www.connix.com/~narpa/to_be_a_Mental_Patient.htm
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