MethodsThis article focuses on current initiatives and electronic/paper resources created to advance the demands of the consumer/survivor movement. My data search included searches including C/S/X, mental health consumer movement, MAD Pride, anti-psychiatry, mental health movements. I chose articles and websites based on their relevance to the consumer/survivor movement, which included information provided by consumers themselves and their allies (pro-movement organizations and/or individuals/groups C/ S/X.) First, I searched for articles, both from peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, websites written by consumer allies on C/S/X, their motivations, their opinions, etc. to obtain basic information about the movement and examine other sources of information. Next, I gathered information from allied organizations such as CAMH and Community Resources Toronto. These sites provided information about the activities of certain C/S./X groups, including the resources available to them and created by them. some of the resources included: a community newsletter, community program evaluations (which examined the effectiveness of resources provided to mental health consumers.) Third, I looked at personal websites, YouTube videos, blogs and books about the experiences of survivors and/or consumers. within the mental health system. Numerous researches have resulted in experiments around psychiatry. Finally, I consulted sources relating to the MAD Pride movement, including their website, newsletters, YouTube channel, MAD “zines” (MAD Pride magazines), newspaper articles written by individuals within the MAD movement . I particularly paid close attention to their mission statement, their activities within...... middle of paper......disease. A report on the fifth international conference on stigma. June 4-6, 2012. Ottawa, Canadaqldalliance (January 21, 2008. ) Visions Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w89Rh9pCIkRosen, G. (1968) Madness in Society. New York: Harper Torchbooks, Schrater, S., Jones, N. and Shattell, M. (2013) Mad Pride: Reflections on Sociopolitical Identity and Mental Diversity in the Context of Culturally Competent Psychiatric Care. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 34. 62–64. Shea, P. B. (1999). Defining madness (#12). Hawkins Press. Thornicroft, G. and Tansella, M. (2005). Growing recognition of the importance of service user involvement in the planning and evaluation of mental health services. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 14(01), 1-3. Wahl, O.F. (1999). Mental health care consumers' experience of stigma. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 25(3), 467-478.