Mental Health Law.

The Law Watch page at DearShrink.com provides links to many different types of Web sites. Most of the sites listed here devote themselves to keeping us updated on current federal legislative matters related to mental health and chemical dependency. Others links will connect you to current laws that may be useful for you to know about. Some links provided on this page connect you directly to psychiatrists who specialize in forensic matters.

If you wish to get more involved in Washington State mental health and chemical dependency treatment matters, we recommend visiting MentalHealthActivist.org. MentalHealthActivist.org attempts to keep you updated on just about mental health and chemical dependency issues for King County and Washington State. Dr. Sterling is a Member of the King County Mental Health Advisory Board.

• Overviews of Mental Health Law.
  
  • American Bar Association Health Law Links page.
    
  • Cornell Law School -- Mental Health Law: An Overview.
    
  • MegaLaw.com -- Mental Health Law Links at MegaLaw.com.
    
  • HealthAffairs.com is a health policy journal which often requires a subscription fee for many of its articles.
    
  • Center for Health Care Strategies.

• National Health and Mental Health Policy.
  
  • Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report provides daily updates on health policy matters at federal and state levels.
    
  • The father of all mental health law Web centers is Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Subsites at Bazelon are:
    
    • Alerts from Bazelon.
      
    • Links.
      
    • About Bazelon.
      
  • At Northwest Justice Project -- Health Care Legal Forms and Advice.
    
  • At the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Web Site -- Issue Spotlights Web page.
    
  • National Mental Health Association (NMHA) Federal Legislative Alerts.
    
  • The Treatment Advocacy Center works to eliminate barriers to treatment for severe mental illness.
    
  • The Public Citizen Health Research Group contains excellent links and its famous "Worst Pills - Best Pills" updates and e-mail alerts.
    
  • Public Citizen's Health Activist Courses page describes courses and links to courses about health activism.

• Washington State -- Policy Watchers.
  
  • The Children's Alliance keeps track of policies and legislation that impact children and families.

  • The Washington Protection and Advocacy System reports on legislation and news related to many social service concerns, but particularly those that impact disabled individuals.

  • The Arc of Washington State (Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities) maintains a Washington Legislative Alerts page.

• Washington State -- Current Laws.
  
  • Go to the Washington State Bar Association Web site to view information about Washington State laws and attorney information and resources.

  • Go to the King County Bar Association Web site to view information about Washington State laws and attorney information and resources.

  • Behavenet's Links to Washington State Revised Codes related to mental health and social services.

• U.S. Forensic Psychiatry and Psychiatrists.
  
  • Forensic Psychiatry Resource Links.
    
  • The Forensic Panel provides behavioral and other forensic consultation, and the The Forensic Panel Letter, a Webzine of forensic cases and concerns.

• Anti-Stalking.
  
  • The Anti-Stalking Site provides information and resources for all those interested in the behavior and crime of stalking.

-- Best wishes, Dr. Sterling