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Activist Organizations

• MindFreedom Support Coalition International -- "unites 100 grassroots groups and thousands of members to win campaigns for human rights of people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. MindFreedom International is where mutual support meets human rights activism... and where democracy meets the mental health system."
• National Mental Health Association -- "works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service."
• New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services -- "a statewide coalition of people who use and/or provide recovery-oriented community based services. We value difference and promote cultural competence in all aspects of our work. NYAPRS is dedicated to improving services and social conditions for people with psychiatric disabilities or diagnoses, and those with trauma-related conditions by promoting their recovery, rehabilition and rights so that all people can participate freely in the opportunities of society." Does national advocacy on occasion.

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