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Recovery is real and this website is filled with practical information that will help you recover if you have been labled with a mental illness.

A good place to start are the following articles from our Newsletter:

  • People can recover from mental illness
  • Reclaiming your power during medication
    appointments with your psychiatrist

  • Escuchando voces que deprimen: Recursos y
    Estrategias para ayudarse asi mismo

    See our Newsletter Articles for more resources

    N.E.C to host Alternatives 2000 Conference

    Click here for more info.

    The National Empowerment Center Inc. will be coordinating and hosting The National Alternatives Conference, Oct. 11-15, 2000 at the Renaissance Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee. Alternatives is a conference run by consumer/survivors/expatients.

    We are honored to be hosting the first Alternatives of the new millenium. Keep checking this website for up-to-date information about the conference. Alternatives 2000 is sponsored by a grant from The Center For Mental Health Services.



    El Centro Nacional de Fortalezimiento, Inc. estará coordinando y animando la Conferencia Nacional de Alternativas en Octubre 11-15 del 2000 en el Renaissance Hotel en Nashville, Tennessee. Alternativas es una conferenciá dirigida por consumidores, sobrevivientes y ex-pacientes.

    Estamos honrados de ser los animadores de la primera Alternativa del Milenium. Mantéganse en contacto con nuestro website para las ùltimas informaciones sobre la conferencia. Alternatives 2000 es patrocinada por El Centro de Servicios de Salud Mental.


     

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    It's About Time:
    Discovering, Recovering and Celebrating Consumer / Survivor History

    Do We Need a Survivor's History of Madness?
    Peter Beresford and John Hopton develop radically different views on the question.
    Add Your Viewpoint!

    Slide Show: Massachusetts Consumers / Survivors / Ex-patients Campaign to Restore State Hospital Cemeteries


    IN THE NEWS

    Judi Chamberlin debates Torrey on Involuntary Treatment.
    Read it!

    State Mental Health Commissioners Say Seclusion and Restraint are Safety Interventions, Not Treatment Interventions.