Guidance
Below are some useful links to other websites and pages of interest for mental health:
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
http://www.healthieryou.com/alcohol.html
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Healthimprovement/Drugmisuse/index.htm
Action on Stigma
Produced by the Department of Health in October 2006 - Action on Stigma
Becoming successful service providers
Help voluntary and community organisations become successful service providers: www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk or www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Best Practice Guidance by the Department of Health
Supporting race equality in mental healthcare - produced in 2007 - Positive Steps Guide
Child Protection and Mental Health Services - Recommended Book!
Care Quality Commission
Criminal Records Bureau checks Guidance for volunteering
Please see the attached guide published by The Cabinet Office Volunteers CRB Checks
Debt and mental health
- www.infohub.moneyadvicetrust.org/
- http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfo/debtmentalhealthcontents.aspx
Expert Guide to 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 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'
Financial Capability and Mental Health Briefing
Helplines and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
An article produced in October 2007 by Sheila Maughan, Mental Health Matters - Helplines and CBT
Learn the different types of depression
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
Older people's mental health
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/mental-health-a-z/adults-in-later-life/
Symptoms of Job Burnout
Burnout is a loss of interest in work and, in extreme forms, the burnout victim can literally become unable to work.
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.
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.
Towards a strategy to support volunteering in health and social care: Consultation
Department of Health published June 2008 Volunteering in health and social care