Links to Websites About Mental Health Advocacy
Mental Illness Policy - D.J. Jaffe
Treatment Advocacy Center
Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill - D.J. Jaffe
No One Cares About Crazy People - The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America - Ron Powers
Father Of 2 Sons With Schizophrenia Talks Of His Struggle To Save Them - NPR / Ron Powers
News Stories
Stories from the front lines of Iowa's mental health crisis - Carpenters (Des Moines Register)
Iowans With Critical Mental Health Illness Struggle In System Called A ‘Crisis’ ... 4/5/17
OP-ED Pieces & Public Forums
Mental Illness and Violence - Let's Change the Conversation - Leslie Carpenter (Des Moines Register)
Standing on the Threshold - Leslie Carpenter (Des Moines Register - 2/14/18)
Missing Pieces of the Iowa Mental Health Care Puzzle - Scott Carpenter (Des Moines Register 2/26/18)
Mental Healthcare Roundtable - Boulton for Iowa - 3/31/18
Leslie and Scott Carpenter participated in a roundtable discussion about Iowa's Mental Health Care System on 3/31/18 with State Senator Nate Boulton.
https://www.facebook.com/BoultonForIowa/videos/vb.414625252067735/810247182505538/?type=2&theater
OP-ED Pieces
What Would Jesus Do About Iowa's Broken Mental Health System?
It Is About The Beds
Why Jerry Foxhoven Is Wrong About Closing Iowa's Mental Health Institutions
Iowa's Unique Opportunities
Interviews and Commentaries
Iowa City Mother Using Snickerdoodles To Prompt Mental Healthcare Changes
Rita Hart Interviews Mental Health Advocate about Covid-19
Iowa Needs to Fund Solutions For People Living with Brain Illnesses
Solutions Exist To End Atrocities At Glenwood Resource Center
Op Eds, Articles, and Zoomcast Series
Iowa Needs Money For Mental Health Care. Here's one place to get it.
What Would Jesus Do About Iowa's Worst In The Nation Mental Health System?
37th Annual Human Rights Awards Winners Announced in Iowa City
Healing Minds Nola 2020 Zoomcast Series on Serious Mental Illness
Political Activism
