The Respect Seminar should be required training for all mental health professionals, regardless of discipline. The seminar is intellectual, sensitive, and humorous - perfectly combined.
Larry Fricks, Director Consumer Relations Georgia Department of Mental Health

The Respect Seminar touched my heart and soul and renewed my hope in the unlimited potential of the human spirit and the possibility that we could all treat each other with the respect and compassion we desire for ourselves.
William Pettit, M.D. Medical Director Sydney Banks Institute for Innate Health West Virginia University

Respect International brings honor and hope to persons with psychiatric disabilities worldwide.
Thomas Bornemann, Ph.D. Director, Carter Center for Mental Health Atlanta, Georgia

Respect International’s consultation and training programs are remarkable, and continue to improve our psychiatric service system at all levels.
James Stone, MSW Commissioner New York Office of Mental Health

Respect International has a vision. And I am in that vision.
Ion Moraru Consumer Advocate Bucharest, Romania

Mr. Slack’s message of respect stands as the foundation of all human services.
Alison Clifford, RN Quality Assurance Manager Unity House Troy, New York

Respect International gave me the confidence to advocate for the dignity of persons with mental illness.
Pam Morgan Consumer Advocate The Life Group Council Bluffs, Iowa

Psychiatric reform has everything to do with respect. Without respect, psychiatric reform remains a technical measure without any content.
Robert van Voren General Secretary Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry The Netherlands