A select list of organizations driven by consumers or focused on tools for recovery.

• American Psychological Association's Best Practices for Recovery
  A catalog of interventions, assessment tools and contact information for clinicians and program directors.
• Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
  Located at Boston University's School of Education, this center was among the earliest to promote recovery and rehabilitation, job training and workplace issues. They offer a menu of continuing education, training programs, and research. Also the home of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.
• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
  Located in Philadelphia, the nation's first consumer advocacy organization promoting peer-driven services. They are the hub of networking, and also have a director of consumer driven services.
• Peer to peer support
  An organization promoting training consumers of mental health to become peer counselors and learn other skills to deliver mental health services.
• International Center for Clubhouse Development
  Long before recovery and independent living could be expected along the trajectory of rehabilitation, people diagnosed with mental illness joined Fountain House for fellowship and to create a supportive meeting place in New York City. In the past 60 years the idea has spread throughout the United States and to several countries around the world. In addition to the original mission, Clubhouses include job training, assistance in locating housing, education, and health services. The international list of clubhouses is listed on this site.
• Internet Tools and Resources
  Recovery oriented journal articles and resources made available from Hamilton County, Ohio.
• Witness Justice
  Resources for survivors of violence and trauma. Links to experts, service providers, and the criminal justice system.
• Irwin Foundation
  Through workshops, consultation and training, the Irwin Foundation helps agencies bring their services and practices into a recovery model.
• Pat Deegan Associates
  Pat Deegan is among the most articulate spokespersons for recovery-oriented systems promoting autonomy for consumers and their participation in defining their own futures and outcomes. Research, current projects and services for which she is available are enumerated on this site.
• Recovery Inc.
  The oldest lay self-help group in the United States with weekly meetings and group forums.
• United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
  The umbrella organization for psychiatric rehabilitation services with an emphasis on recovery. Several states have active affiliates.
• The Village
  Psychiatrist Mark Ragins has written this pamphlet outlining how recovery-oriented principles could be incorporated in California's Mental Health Services Act (also known as Proposition 63). Many suggestions are based on The Village (Long Beach, California) which earned praise from the New Commission on Mental Health.