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AtHealth: Medications for Mental Illnesses - NIH booklet to help people understand the use of medication in the treatment of mental illness.
Brainzaps: A Journal of Effexor Withdrawal - A support and awareness-raising resource for those experiencing discontinuation effects from the antidepressant Effexor, including a weblog documenting the author's withdrawal process.
A Different Kind of Drug War - An article which discusses a higher standard of care when prescribing mind-altering drugs for school children.
Doctor Z - Dr. Scott Zentner, board-certified psychiatrist, shares his insights about new psychotropic medications and other mental health issues.
Freedom Mag - News and articles regarding the negative aspects of psychiatric drugs.
HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression and Anxiety - Non-commercial resources for learning about the risks and benefits of medications for depression and anxiety. Also includes information on controversies surrounding SSRIs.
International Coalition for Drug Awareness - A group dedicated to educating others about the dangers of prescription medications. Site concentrates mainly on SSRI serotonin-enhancing medications.
Med Help International Mental Health Forum - A question forum for prescription psychiatric drugs, answered by a medical doctor. Readers can view previous answers at no charge.
Medicate Your Dissent - Article by philosopher and medical ethicist Carl Elliott that considers the effect of anti-depressants on dissent.
Shrink-Rapt Poetry? - An article by a poet, Dean Blehert, on the possible danger of administering psychotropic drugs to creative people.
What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric Drugs - Book reviews and psychiatric drug data.
Why Am I Taking so Many Medications? - Positive and negative reasons for the increase in medication use in America. A balanced view of this phenomenon.
Business Week: When the Cure May Make You Sicker - Article that presents an argument that most prescription medications are not really safe. Author cites psychiatric medications that have caused problems. (March 16, 1998) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.