York and District Mind
Caring and campaigning together for better mental health

Links

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Please note that we are not responsible for the content of external websites.

Links to other mental health charities

Mind  
Mind, the mental health charity, based in London, and with national coverage, to which York and District Mind is affiliated. (Legal Mind 0845 2259393 Mental health law). Our page on Mind national website. 

Mind in Manchester 
Manchester Mind.

Rethink
Rethink, the leading national mental health membership charity, works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life.

The Mental Health Foundation 
The Mental Health Foundation is the UK charity improving the lives of everyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.

The Samaritans
The Samaritans' site includes e-mail support for anyone in crisis. 

Time to change
Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems. 

Mental Health Media
At Mental Health Media we believe in getting across the real story about mental health, told by those who know.

The Retreat York
The Retreat is a not-for-profit specialist mental health provider, working with the NHS to provide care for people with complex and challenging needs.

Our Celebration
Our Celebration is an independent provider of high quality mental health services in York and its surrounding area.

Richmond Fellowship
is one of the biggest voluntary sector providers of mental health care in the country.

Voluntary Sector Forum for Mental Health
York Voluntary Sector Forum for Mental Health bring together over 40 groups whose work involves improving mental health in York.

Mental health sites: general 

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy  
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy site offers a wide range of services such as finding a counsellor or psychotherapies in your local area.

The UK Advocacy Network (UKAN) 
Is the user controlled national federation of advocacy projects, patients' councils, user forums and self-help and support groups working in the field of mental health. .  

The Royal College of Psychiatrists 
Contains factsheets on many aspects of mental health.  

Institute of psychiatry at the maudsley 
The Institute of Psychiatry provides post-graduate education and carries out research in psychiatry, psychology, and allied disciplines, including basic and clinical neurosciences. The Institute is world renowned for the quality of its research and it became a school of King’s College in August 1997. 

1st person  
‘1st Person is a magazine devoted to giving accounts, opinion and poetry from the perspectives of people who have had mental health conditions, rather than from the professional point of view.’ Also contains a large number of links to other sites.  

Mad Pride
`Mad Pride is committed to ending discrimination against psychiatric patients, promoting survivor equality and celebrating Mad culture. Mad Pride is an idea which came out of the 1997 Gay Pride Festival in London. A few survivors of the mental health system said "we could do with a festival like this". And so a motley collection of individuals got together and slowly started organising themselves' . . .

For specific issues

Bereavement

The Compassionate Friends
‘The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is an organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children, offering support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professionals who are helping the family.

Leeds Bereavement Forum

Cruse Bereavement Care

Depression

Depression Alliance
Depression Alliance website, containing useful information on all aspects of depression.  

www.have-a-heart.com
‘ A rest stop from depression and thoughts of suicide.’

Eating distress

Eating Disorders Association
Website of the Eating Disorders Association, a national charity offering help, support and information to people whose lives are affected by eating disorders, and in particular anorexia and bulimia nervosa. It aims to campaign to improve standards of treatment and care and to raise awareness of eating disorders and related issues. 

ECT

SimplePsych on ECT
`SimplePsych is a fast growing psychology site, bringing you mental health information in simple, easy to understand English.'

Manic depression (Bipolar disorder)

www.pendulum.org/
`Bipolar disorders portal for manic depression and other affective spectrum disorders'

Phobias

Phobics society
Sponsored by pharmaceutical company SmithKline Beecham, including many suggestions for support. Leaflets available to order on a wide range of specific phobias, as well as issues such as OCD.  

Relationships

Relate
Relate is a national registered charity with over 60 years’ experience in helping people with their couple relationships.

Schizophrenia

www.schizophrenia.com
Linked to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Changing Minds campaign.

Self harm

Bristol Crisis Service for Women
Produce information relating to self-injury, and have a series of booklets and a training pack for people working with those who self-injure.
 ‘The Basement Project is a community resource providing support groups and helpful literature for individuals. Our work has a particular focus on abuse and self-harm.’

Sexual abuse survivors

Abuse Recovery UK
Abuse Recovery UK (ARUK) site, ‘Providing Interactive Support to Survivors of Sexual Abuse either as a Child or Adult, with related subjects such as Date Rape, Male Rape, Panic Attack, Eating Disorders, Self Harm, also Partners and Parents Sections. With over 32 Web Forums, 8 chat Rooms and 250 Pages of Information.’  


Young people’s mental health

Young Minds
includes information for children & young people, their parents, and professionals

The Mental Health Act, & legal issues

Hyperguide to the Mental Health Act (historically useful guide be aware this maybe out of date).
Designed to be used both as an introduction to the Mental Health Act, and as a reference source for people with mental health needs, professional workers and others who come into contact with the Act. The Mental Health Act 1983 governs the admission of people to psychiatric hospital against their will, their rights while detained, discharge from hospital, and aftercare.

Revolving Doors  
Revolving Doors Agency is the leading British non-profit organisation concerned with people with mental health problems in contact with the Criminal Justice system.

Medication

www.nmhc.co.uk 
Constructed to provide access to reliable information on drugs used in mental health for the users of services provided by Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust in the UK, this website sets out to answer the most common questions asked by patients, relatives and carers.

Other useful links

The following sites provide comprehensive links to a wider range of sites on mental health issues.

North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations (NYFVO)

Anxiety Support Group

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group

Gamblers Anonymous

York and District Mind (our other activities)

Fundraising for York and District Mind

The Big Give

EBay for CharityEveryclick
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York and District Mind Facebook Group
A group of friends who support and fundraise for York and District Mind.

Hungry Elephant

Why not help our fundraising for free!

York and District Mind have teamed up with Dinner4Good to provide a bespoke fundraising service to help you organise a charity dinner party. With this page you can start raising money right away by holding a dinner party in aid of York and District Mind.

Useful directories  

Optimist World

www.patient.org.uk (see page UK Self Help & Support Groups)

www.mentalhealth.com (American site)

www.mental-health-matters.com  (American site)

Telephone Helplines Association 
The website of the Telephone Helplines Association, the membership organisation for non-commercial helplines in the UK. You can use this site to search for a helpline and to find out important information you will need to bear in mind if you are planning to call a helpline.

 

Other Local Mind Associations

Craven Mind
33 Coach Street
Skipton
North Yorks
BD23 1LQ

T: 01756 79 76 39
Email: cravenmind@btconnect.com

Harrogate Mind
101a Station Parade
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 1HB

T: 01423 50 33 35
Email: harrogatemind@btconnect.com
Website: www.harrogatemind.org.uk

Hull and East Yorkshire Mind
Trafalgar House
41-45 Beverley Road
Hull
HU3 1XH

T: 01482 240200
F: 01482 336878
Email: info@mindhey.co.uk
Website: www.mindworkstraining.co.uk (training provision)
Website: www.mindhey.co.uk

Leeds Mind
82 Cardigan Road
Leeds
LS6 3BJ

T: 0113 230 7608
F: 0113 230 7621
Email: leeds.mind@leedsmind.org.uk
Website: www.leedsmind.org.uk

Scarborough Whitby and Ryedale Mind
PO Box 304
Unit 22
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3YJ

T: 01723 588008
F: 01723 588085
Email: mail@scarboroughmind.fsnet.co.uk
Website: www.scarboroughmind.co.uk

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