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Consumer Advocacy
Consumer Advocacy in the Mental Health world has several distinct components.
One focus is in empowering mental health consumers to take charge of their
lives. Another is combatting the stigmatization of mental illness and
the mentally ill. A third is promoting grass-roots political activism.
Mental health programs are of the easiest targets of short-sighted
political budget-cutters, yet the value of these programs goes beyond the
provision of necessary human services.
We address the first two areas (empowerment and stigma-busting) with inspiring
articles and stories of consumers taking charge and turning their lives
around.
We address the arena of political action by
providing a list of national legislation targeting Mental Health programs
and issues, along with links that make it easy to contact your elected
official. As this site grows, we hope to add listings of Mental Health
legislation on a State-by-State basis so that you can contact your state
representatives as well.
Empowerment - Articles
Empowerment - Poetry
