Mind
Mind,
the mental health charity, based in London, and with national coverage, to
which York and District Mind is affiliated.
Mind
in Manchester
Manchester
Mind.
National
Schizophrenia Fellowship
Useful and comprehensive site offering
a wide range of information on severe mental illness.
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.
Mental
Health in the UK
A very comprehensive site, created by one resourceful individual, offering a wealth of resources on many mental health concerns.
The
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Contains factsheets on many aspects of
mental health.
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' . . .
Survivors
Speak Out
`Survivors
Speak Out was founded in 1986 by a group of mental health service users
and workers. The term survivors was chosen to portray a positive image of
people in distress and people whose experience differs from, or who
dissent from, society's norms.'
Depression
Depression
Alliance
Depression
Alliance website, containing useful information on all aspects of
depression.
Action
against depression
`Action Against
Depression was inaugurated on 26th January 1999 by The Secretary of State
for Health, The Rt. Hon. Frank Dobson MP. We all want this site to serve
sufferers from depression, their families, friends and the caring
professions. This web site offers you the opportunity to help bring about
change. Take part in our wide range of electronic conferences.'
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
Department
of Health survey
Electro Convulsive Therapy: survey covering the period January 1999 to
March 1999, England
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'
www.moodswing.org
‘Online resources for people with bipolar disorder and their
friends and family members.'
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.
Social Phobia
net Help with social anxiety/social phobia
Relationships
Relate
Relate is a national registered charity
with over 60 years’ experience in helping people with their couple
relationships.
Schizophrenia
www.schizophrenia.co.uk
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
‘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
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.
Useful directories
The
following sites provide comprehensive links to a wider range of sites on
mental health issues.
www.patient.org.uk
(see page UK
Self Help & Support Groups)
www.mentalhealth.com
(American
site)
www.mental-health-matters.com
(American
site)
Online
Dictionary of Mental Health
From the
University of Sheffield. Offers an enormous collection of links grouped alphabetically
by subject and condition. The Online
Dictionary of Mental Health is a
global information resource and research tool.
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.
