The author survived diagnosis as mentally disabled. Bob Manrodt has a site he calls Sacred Transformations. Writer, psychiatric survivor, poet, Sally Clay is a Buddhist. This mailing list is still very active. And now here's their web page.
Patch is a clown and a physician and a psychiatric survivor.
It's not open yet, but they're thriving. Windhorse is a non-coercive residential alternative based in Massachusetts. They are related to a Buddhist approach of giving gentle attention to people in crisis. Internet Mental Health lists a lot of links to sites dealing with the mental health system. This center is based in Israel.