Guidance
Below are some useful links to other websites and pages of interest for mental health:
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Alcohol Misuse Condition Guide - produced by NHS Choices
Effects of alcohol and drinking - NHS Choices
Drug Misuse - Department of Health
Anxiety
Condition Guide to Anxiety - produced by NHS Choices
Bipolar Disorder
Condition Guide to Bipolar Disorder - produced by NHS Choices
Burnout
Burnout is a loss of interest in work and, in extreme forms, the burnout victim can literally become unable to work - Free Guide
Care Quality Commission
Confidentiality Policy Guidelines
Debt and mental health
The credit crunch and health - NHS Choices
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Wisdom Guide to debt, finance and mental health
Dementia
Condition Guide on Dementia - produced by NHS Choices
Depression
Condition Guide on Depression - produced by NHS Choices
This free guide will take you through some of the different types of depression and some of the symptoms.
Leeds website launches mental health information in British Sign Language
Living with Voices - 50 Stories of recovery
by Professor Marius Romme, Dr Sandra Escher, Jacqui Dillon, Dr Dirk Corstens and Professor Mervyn Morris
PCCS Books, 2009, ISBN 978 1 90625422 3, 346 pp, £20.
Mental health in schools
Voluntary Sector Support (VSS) policy briefing 2009
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Condition Guide on OCD by NHS Choices
Older people's mental health
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/mental-health-a-z/adults-in-later-life/
Personalisation
Personalisation is a social care approach described by the Department of Health as meaning that “every person who receives support, whether provided by statutory services or funded by themselves, will have choice and control over the shape of that support in all care settings.”
Relevant articles produced in 2009:
- Paving the way for the arrival of personal health budgets
- Proven Practice: Commissioning for personalisation
- Guide to personalisation terminology
- A strategy to protect social care from the credit crunch
- 'My big mistake: being too friendly with my personal assistant'
THE LONELINESS WORKBOOK: A Guide to Developing and Maintaining Lasting Connections
by Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
To gather information for this book, Mary Ellen conducted a “Loneliness Study” with volunteers from her workshops, friends, colleagues, and her website – www.mentalhealthrecovery.com.
Third Sector Knowledge Centre
The Third Sector Knowledge Portal is a website created by the Third Sector Research Centre, in partnership with the British Library. The portal provides free access to various research reports, for example academic research, reports from charities themselves, government publications and training materials, that have been written about the voluntary and community sector.
Time to Change
England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems. For more information see www.time-to-change.org.uk or see the video on YouTube.