An important infosite, working to inform those considering this form of treatment, and

to battle the use of force against those who do not want this treatment: http://ECT.org

My inspiration to shoot these images and someone very special to me: http://www.opacity.us

National Trust Historic Preservation Society (join, donate, become a member!): http://www.nationaltrust.org/

Archive of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities: http://web.archive.org/web/20001017205749/http://members.aol.com/MRandDD/index.htm

Preservation Magazine. National Trust: http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/current/index.htm

Asylum Architecture: US and Europe: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/WWW/STUDY/Asyarc.htm

Very comprehensive listing of historic US ASYLUMS OF PRESENT AND PAST: http://historicasylums.com/

A fantastic site which also includes many full text articles/books for online viewing:

http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/list_titles.php

http://www.disabilityrights.org/1103.htm

http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/departments/closerlook/000927.html

About Athens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ridges

Activists for Anti-Psychiatry Movement:

http://www.mind.org.uk/News+policy+and+campaigns/Press+archive/Former+Patients+Remember+Their+Days+in+Old+Asylum.htm

About the Anti-Psychiatry Movement:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry

http://www.abandonedasylum.com/

A Quite Good History of Mental Retardation in the US: http://web.archive.org/web/20000606020920/members.aol.com/MRandDD/1800s.htm