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Black Minority Ethnic Supporting People Action Research and Knowledge
Up-to-date information on issues facing practitioners in meeting the needs of black and minority ethnic communities. Includes research reports, guidelines and practical examples. (you have to register when you first use this site but it does not cost anything).
Combat Stress
Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society.
Crisis aims to fight homelessness
Depression Alliance is an organisation for people affected by depression. It provides information about depression and its treatment plus information about local support groups.
Disability Rights Commission website. Includes information about the rights of disabled people (which includes people with mental health problems) under the Disability Discrimination Act including information leaflets that can be printed out and a help-line that can be contacted for information.
Eating Disorder Association website provides information about eating disorders and about self-help groups.
Government statistics website contains lots of statistics about mental health (in the health section under mental health) and other issues.
Learning Disabilities. Foundation for People With Learning Disabilities.
LGB Mind Matters. This website looks at mental health issues affecting lesbians, gay men and bisexuals and provides information and links to other resources.
Manic Depression Fellowship is an organisation for people affected by bipolar disorder. It provides information about bipolar disorder and its treatment as well as information about self-help groups, self-management and insurance. Also provides access to e-groups and chat rooms so people can make contact with each other and information about STEADY – self management and self-help for young people with bipolar disorder.
Matthew Trust is a small registered charity providing last-stop support and care for people aged eight years old and upwards, living in all communities of our society throughout the UK, who have a mental health problem of any kind.
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. They have a helpline, local MIND networks, run campaigns and publish many publications and award-winning booklets.
Multikulti website aims to support citizenship through the delivery of culturally appropriate and accurately translated information in the following areas of welfare law: debt, employment, health, housing, immigration and welfare benefits. Information is translated into the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Somali, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Urdu. The mental health section includes information on: schizophrenia, depression, post traumatic stress, Asperger’s syndrome and how to improve your mental wellbeing.
National Autistic Society exists to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism, ensuring that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.
National Phobic Society is an organisation for people affected by anxiety disorders. It provides information about anxiety- based problems and their treatment as well as a chat room so that people affected by anxiety disorders can contact each other and information about self-help groups.
POhWER is an independent advocacy agency incorporating the Independant Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS), which offers advocacy support to people who choose to pursue a formal complaint about the NHS, and the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) services.
Relate is the UK’s largest provider of relationship counselling and sex therapy. We also offer a range of other relationship support services.
Rethink (formerly National Schizophrenia Fellowship) website provides news on mental health issues and loads of booklets on mental health problems, treatments, services, advice guides, rights and information for carers.
Sane, from its initial focus on schizophrenia, the charity developed and is now concerned with all mental illnesses: it raises awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families, improve education and training, and secure better services
To undertake research into the causes of serious mental illness through The Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research. To provide information and emotional support to those experiencing mental health problems, their families and carers through SANELINE.
The Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers.
Together. Working for Wellbeing is a leading national charity supporting people with mental health needs to get what they want from life and to feel happier.
Turning Point is a leading social care organisation.
YoungMinds is the national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
