http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/17/national/17petty.html?ex=1111726800&en=4381c4ed2b9cd190&ei=5070 http://tinyurl.com/4qltb Opal Petty, whose lawsuit over her 51-year involuntary commitment in Texas mental institutions led to changes in state policy, died on March 10 in San Angelo, Tex. She was 86 and lived in Christoval, Tex. People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions: each other on the internet www.peoplewho.org
