Self Help

www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk

The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge hypnotherapy support network, enabling those in distress to find a hypnotherapist close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will provide those seeking support with all the information they need. Every hypnotherapist on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/

We made this website so that it is easier for people to find health information that is easy to understand.

We also want to encourage other groups to make their information free. This helps people to get it more quickly and easily.

Many groups from across the country have put their information on to this website. This is because we all want to make it easier for people with a learning disability to understand more about their health.

If people understand what is happening with their health, they will feel more confident in taking control of it. Easyhealth.org.uk is one way in which Generate and all the groups on this website are working together to make sure people with a learning disability get good support and care with their health.

You can print off most of this information for free. When you print off information or leaflets from a website it is called downloading.

http://www.nutritionist-resource.org.uk/

Nutritionist Resource only lists nutritionists who are registered with a recognised professional body or those who have sent us copies of their qualifications and insurance cover.

This website also has a section on Mental Health and explains how:

Diet, or to be precise, a bad diet, can affect several areas of mental health, causing the following problems:

http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk

mentalhealthcare.org.uk has been created by the Institute of Psychiatry – a research and teaching organisation that is part of King’s College London – and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, a health organisation that runs the Maudsley Hospital and many other mental health services in south London.

Many of the researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry also work as mental health professionals within services run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

mentalhealthcare.org.uk is supported by Rethink, a mental health charity for people with severe mental illness and their families. Rethink also works closely with the Institute of Psychiatry on research projects.

You can find out more about each organisation within this section.

Most of the researchers and mental health professionals who contribute to this site work at the Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Academics and mental health professionals who work at other organisations and collaborate with, or have links with, Institute of Psychiatry researchers, also contribute.

Mental Health Foundation

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (formerly SOBS) exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend.

We are a self-help organisation.  Many of our volunteers have themselves been bereaved by suicide.

SUN Cornwall

Service User Network Cornwall (SUN Cornwall) is a totally independent friendly site for all service users, peer to peer supporters and carers who live or know someone who lives with Emotional or/with Mental Health issues in Cornwall (UK). We also welcome those with Learning Disablilties (LD), Autism including Asperger's syndrome and Drug and Alcohol .

Alcohol Awareness

This links to the alcohol information section of the Cornwall Council website and contains links which are designed to help you to know:

• the recommended healthy drinking level;
• to be able to count alcohol units so that you can assess how risky your drinking is;
• to give you simple information about the risks of drinking above the recommended levels;
• advice on how to reduce your drinking if you decide that you are drinking too much;
• and, who to contact in Cornwall if you would like more advice or help.

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Mental health information for all

Readable, user friendly and accurate information about mental health problems.

Carrick Mind

Carrick Mind Befriending Scheme offers support to anyone in the Carrick district who feels they may be experiencing mental ill health and/or emotional distress.

Depression Toolkit

This website provides information and resources about a variety of different brain illnesses.  Here you’ll find references to specific conditions including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and substance abuse. Although these conditions are different, they share much in common. Throughout this website (and even in the name selected for the site) the word “depression” is used to refer to the entire range of conditions, in order to simplify the presentation of the information.

Anxiety Online

Anxiety Online is a comprehensive online mental health service offering information, assessment, online diagnosis and treatment programs ("eTherapy") for the anxiety disorders:-

Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia

Time To Change

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

Calm Clinic

A resource website that provides some of the essential information necessary to begin fighting anxiety. It covers not just the main information such as causes, symptoms and treatment options, but also provides a unique anxiety test. The test is fairly comprehensive and helps identify what factors may be at work and where to start attacking it.

Counselling Directory

The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.

Young Minds

YoungMinds is the UK's leading charity commited to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people and empowering their parents and carers.

Mind

Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone.

KMI

Kernow Music Initiative (KMI) is dedicated to empowering the socially excluded through flexible, tailored music workshops and education programmes throughout Cornwall and the South West.

Our programmes lead to accredited qualifications and transferable employment skills, helping and supporting people to bridge the gap between exclusion and inclusion.

Outlook:) South West

We are an independent organisation responsible for delivering NHS contracted services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Covering every GP Surgery throughout the county, the free psychological therapies we provide are for people aged 16 and above.

DrugWatch.com

At DrugWatch.com, we aim to educate the public about drug recalls and the side effects associated with thousands of different drugs, including mental health medications. DrugWatch.com provides extensive information about medications prescribed to treat various mental disorders as well as precautions patients should take before beginning treatment with these medications.