Links
Coming off psychiatric medication provides lots of useful information about the effects of psychiatric drugs and how to come off them.
Critical psychiatry shows that there are psychiatrists who are very unhappy about the way psychiatry operates. Lots of very interesting links.
Emergence is a peer run organisation that offers support to people who have received a diagnosis of personality disorder. They also provide training and consultancy.
Harmless provides a range of services about self harm including support, information, training and consultancy to people who self harm.
Hearing Voices Network offer information, support and understanding to people who hear voices and those who support them.
The Icarus project is a peer run site focused mainly on madness and creativity. There site also includes a useful booklet on coming off psychiatric drugs.
Mind Freedom International is a North American peer organisation campaigning for human rights in psychiatric services.
National Self Harm Network Support individuals who self harm to reduce emotional distress and to improve their quality of life.
The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is an independent network of individuals and groups who have direct experience of mental health distress and/or using mental health services.
Vestri Amplexus - Mental Health Recovery a blog about improving mental health and recovery from all forms of mental distress written by David Gow. David is a member of Making Waves and used to be our administrator and teaching co-ordinator. He was instrumental in the development of the PINE project. Vestri Amplexus is latin for "Your Loving Embrace".