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Mary Ellen Copeland and her staff cannot address personal mental health problems and issues. We care very much about your concerns but we must focus our efforts on education and resource development. For more information on how to get help for yourself or the people you are supporting, please use the resources on this website.

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WRAP and Recovery Books, Peach Press and Mary Ellen Copeland PhD oppose the use of restraints (physical and chemical), body bags of any kind, straight jackets, and other devices that restrict movement, forced seclusion, chemical restraint, full body searches include body cavity searches and torture of any kind, the use of tasers and force or coersion as treatment for emotional distress and supports outlawing the use of these methods by national and international law.

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Mary Ellen Copeland and her staff cannot address personal mental health problems and issues. We care very much about your concerns but we must focus our efforts on education and resource development. For more information on how to get help for yourself or the people you are supporting, please use the resources on this website.

© 1995-2012 Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD All Rights Reserved