Links to Websites About Mental Health Advocacy

Mental Illness Policy - D.J. Jaffe

https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/

Treatment Advocacy Center

http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org

Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill - D.J. Jaffe

https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/insane-consequences.html

No One Cares About Crazy People - The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America - Ron Powers

http://www.noonecaresaboutcrazypeople.com/links/

Father Of 2 Sons With Schizophrenia Talks Of His Struggle To Save Them - NPR / Ron Powers

https://www.npr.org/books/titles/520810053/no-one-cares-about-crazy-people-the-chaos-and-heartbreak-of-mental-health-in-ame

OP-ED Pieces & Public Forums

Mental Illness and Violence - Let's Change the Conversation - Leslie Carpenter (Des Moines Register)

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2017/12/01/mental-illness-and-violence-lets-change-conversation/910506001/

Standing on the Threshold - Leslie Carpenter (Des Moines Register - 2/14/18)

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/02/13/mother-paints-heart-wrenching-picture-sons-struggles-mental-illness/332978002/

Missing Pieces of the Iowa Mental Health Care Puzzle - Scott Carpenter (Des Moines Register 2/26/18)

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/02/26/missing-pieces-iowas-mental-health-care-puzzle/373939002/

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