USEFUL INFORMATION ON MENTAL ILLNESS
Journal Articles
- Nirmala Srinivasan "Human Rights in the Community : User Perspectives in Mental Health" - "Mental Health Care and Human Rights", published by NHRC-NIMHNAS, 2009
- Families as Partners in Care - IJSW
- "My Voice is our Collective Voice- Who is a good Psychiatrist?" - Indian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 47. No.3 July 2005
- Family Power in Mental health by the people - Published by Peoples Action For Mental Health, Bangalore. 2006 P142-149
- A Good Psychiatrist
- "Rights based Approach to Mental Health Advocacy" under Print with MoHFW, GOI
Newspaper Articles
- Mind Reading: Are You Just the Sum of Your Brain’s Connections? Sebastian Seung, professor of computational neuroscience and physics at MIT and author of the new book, *Connectome*, argues that you are. Read more.
- Split Story
- When confinement helps - Times Of India
- Sane Choices - Times Of India, Oct 10, 2006.
- Crazy Kiya Re - Times Of India, March 14, 2007.
- Mentally Disturbing Law - Times Of India, April 26, 2006.
- Guardianship - A Clash - Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2007.
- Where the mind is free - Indian Express, OP-ED, Dec 5, 2005.
- Mentally Ill or Mentally Disabled? - THE HINDU, Dec 5, 2004.
- Mental health needs a revamp- The Hindu, Oct 11th, 2009.
- Treating Mental Illness. Isolationist Approach will not do - The Hindu, Oct 10th, 2010
Reports
- UN CRPD and Mental Health Act 1987 - Legal Research Report
- White Paper of the Legal Literacy Workshop
Useful Website Links
- For latest in mental health research, visit the website International Mental Health Research Organisation
For videos on research on cures for mental illness www.imhro.org/research/videos
For online chat with brain scientists and an opportunity to ask them questions - Channel Brain waves - Schizophrenia Research Forum News Brief: Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Left Out of DSM-5 Main Text - Diagnosis in psychiatry is struggling to deliver. Its main function should be to guide clinicians ... by Patrick McGorry
- What is psycho-surgery?
- A History of electroshock therapy - TED Blog
- Does depression help us think better?
Useful Links - Mental Illness Information