Affiliates, Partners & Allies of the Institute

Ever wary of pharmaceutical industry front groups and clever industry marketing schemes disguised as medical and academic research, the Bonkers Institute henceforth refuses to be associated, affiliated, partnered, linked or otherwise connected in any way to the following organizations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Diabetes Association Boston University School of Medicine Columbia University TeenScreen Program American Psychiatric Association Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) Harvard University Medical School Mental Health America National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) University of Michigan Depression Center

The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research officially endorses these worthy organizations:

• AbleChild: Parents for Label and Drug Free Education
  Non-profit organization focusing on issues related to psychological testing, labeling and drugging in schools.
• Alliance for Human Research Protection
  A national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices.
• Beyond Meds: alternatives to psychiatry
  Outstanding blog, hosted by an articulate psychiatric survivor, with a positive focus on recovery.
• Center for Media and Democracy
  The SourceWatch Project documents public relations firms, think tanks, and industry-funded organizations that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations and special interests.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
  The Integrity in Science Project raises awareness about the role corporate interests play in scientific research, oversight, and publication
• The Church of Schizophrenia
  If people labeled schizophrenic were described in religious terms instead of medical terms, they would be protected from harassment by the U.S. Constitution's religious protection clause.
• Citizens Commission on Human Rights
  CCHR works tirelessly to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights in the U.S. and around the globe.   Founded by the Church of Scientology and Thomas Szasz.
  • [Dr. Bonkers himself is a devout Unitarian Universalist. The Bonkers Institute does not discriminate based on religion. On the other hand, we harbor no sympathy for incompetent pill-pushing medical quacks. Enough said.]
• Health News Review
  Dedicated to improving the accuracy of news stories about medical treatments, tests, products and procedures.
• Healthy Skepticism
  International nonprofit organization whose main aim is to improve health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion.
• International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry (ISEPP)
  Nonprofit research and educational network whose focus is the critical study of the mental health field.
• Joyful Noise Family Daycare
  All about raising children. Nothing is more important.
• Pharmed Out
  Independent, publicly-funded project that empowers physicians to identify and counter inappropriate pharmaceutical promotion practices.
• Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
  Public interest law firm devoted to the defense of individuals facing the horrors of forced psychiatric drugging.
• MindFreedom International
  Coalition of 100 grassroots groups advocating human rights and alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities.
• Safe Harbor
  World's largest site on non-drug approaches for mental health.