Below is a comprehensive list of links to relevant websites:
Alzheimer’s Disease International: Alzheimer’s Disease International is an international organisation based in the UK bringing together all the national Alzheimer societies throughout the world.
Alzheimer’s Society: The Alzheimer’s Society gives support to families by linking them through membership and provides information on Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
Alzheimer’s Research Forum: Alzheimer’s Research Forum a site interested in primary research into the causes and mechanisms of all forms of dementia.
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland: This organisation provides support services to individuals with Alzheimer’s in Ireland, including day centres, home care, and respite services, as well as offering carer support groups and information to the general public.
Dementia UK: The Trust supports people with dementia and their carers, both in the community and in residential settings, by providing one-to-one support, advice and counselling.
Talking Point: is an online forum for anyone affected by dementia. It’s open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is a place to ask for advice, share information, and join in discussions.
Behavioural therapies
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies: The major British CBT organisation with over 3500 members.
British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC): The BPC is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Bereavement
Bereavement Advice Centre: Supports bereaved people on a range of practical issues via a single freephone number.
Bereaved Partners Support Group: Support group for people who lose their loved ones to cancer.
Brake: A national road safety charity which offers help and support to those bereaved in a road crash.
Breathing Space Scotland: Experienced advisors available to listen and give advice and information to those who are depressed and need to talk.
The Child Bereavement Charity: Works to help bereaved families where a baby or child has died, or where children are bereaved of someone important in their lives.
Compassionate Friends: An organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children.
CRUSE Bereavement Care: Offers a service of counselling, advice and opportunities for social contact to all bereaved people.
Dying matters: This website has been created primarily for people approaching the end of their life, and their carers, relatives and friends.
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths: This charity is devoted to preventing infant deaths, and promoting baby health.
PAPYRUS: PAPYRUS is a set of UK resources for people dealing with suicide, depression, or stress.
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society : ‘Support for parents and families whose baby is stillborn or dies soon after birth.
The Way Foundation: An organisation for people who have become widows or widowers at a young age.
Winston’s Wish: Winston’s Wish is a charity that helps children deal with bereavement.
Carers
Carer’s Trust: Network Partners, provides information, advice and practical support for carers across the United Kingdom.
Carers UK: Provides basic information about being a carer, as well as working to raise awareness and provide basic help for carers.
Crossroads for Carers: Crossroads for Carers is a charity providing ‘in home care’ and support to carers in the UK.
SCBNetwork (Supporting Carers Better): The Supporting Carers Better Network was set up for all people who support carers in mental health in England.
Children and young people
Advisory Centre for Education: This organisation provides free advice about state education in England and Wales for 5-16 year olds.
Brook: Brook provides a free and confidential sexual, health advice and contraception by young people up to the age of 25.
Bullying UK: This site offers a range of resources centred around the topic of bullying.
CALM: Depression services for young men living in Manchester, Merseyside, and Bedfordshire
Childline: Tel: 0800 1111. Childline is a registered UK charity that aims to help children and young people in trouble or danger.
CRY-SIS: This organisation provides support for families of babies who cry excessively.
ERIC: ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) offers advice and support for children with incontinence.
Facts for Families: Facts for Families is a series of over 60 brief factsheets from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Family Lives: A charity offering support and advice to anyone parenting a child.
Great Ormond Street Hospital: Aimed at teenagers, this website acts as a one-stop educational resource, signposting users to further sources of specialist help and information.
The Greenwood Institute of Child Health – University of Leicester
Information is provided on current research activity, selected publications from the Institute and links to other relevant information sources.
HandsOnScotland: The HandsOnScotland Toolkit is an online resource for anybody working with children and young people.
Health Friends: is a health social network where people can connect with people with similar health conditions, and learn more about the health issues that affect them and their families.
HomeStart : Support and practical help for families with at least one child under-5.
Kidscape: Kidscape is the registered national children’s charity committed to keeping children safe from harm or abuse
Rethink: mental health info for young people: This area can help you think about looking after your own mental health.
National Children’s Bureau: The National Children’s Bureau is a registered UK charity that aims to identify and promote the interests and well being of children and young people.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC): The NSPCC is a registered charity that is concerned with child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.
The Site: A health guidance site for young adults, offering factsheets and information on aspects of health that concern young people.
Teenage Health Freak: Website primarily aimed at younger teens. Has a large question and answer section that users can write in to.
Young People in Focus: Young People in Focus (YPF) enable organisations and individuals to improve the lives of young people and families, by promoting evidence-based practice.
YoungMinds: YoungMinds is a national charity that promotes the mental health of children and young people.
Youthnet (Voluntary Youth Network for Northern Ireland): Youthnet is an ‘umbrella agency’ for voluntary youth organisations in Northern Ireland.
Your Teenager Website which focuses on how to handle teenage behaviour and build a positive parent/teen relationship.
Debt and Mental Health
Advice Northern Ireland: Network of independent advice agencies in Northern Ireland.
- Citizen’s Advice Bureau England and Wales
- Citizen’s Advice Bureau Scotland
- Citizen’s Advice Bureau Northern Ireland
Community Legal Advice: Free legal help and information for clients eligible for legal aid.
Consumer Credit Counselling Service: Charity offering free debt advice and free debt management.
Money Advice Scotland: Provides details of free and independent advice agencies in Scotland.
Money Advice Service: Information about a range of financial issues, including the “debt test”.
National Debtline: The helpline provides free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems.
NHS Financial Stress: Practical information and advice from trained health advisors.
Payplan: Organisation offering free debt management service.
Rethink Mental Illness: A national voluntary organisation that helps people with a severe mental illness, their families and carers.
Depression
Action on Depression: Assists and supports those suffering from depression and their families in Scotland.
Association for Post Natal Illness : Support site for those suffering from postnatal illness.
AWARE: Assists and supports those suffering from depression and their families in Ireland.
Aware Defeat Depression: Assists and supports those suffering from depression and their families in Northern Ireland.
Bipolar UK: Information about Manic Depression, including self help groups.
Depression Alliance: Information, support and understanding for people who suffer with depression and for relatives who want to help.
Depression UK: Organisation run as a source of support for sufferers, complementary to professional care.
SADA (Seasonal Affective Disorder Association): SADA supports and advises people with SAD and informs the public and health professionals about the condition.
Drugs and alcohol
Addaction: A wide variety of information on drugs and alcohol addiction, including diagnosis and treatment.
AddictionNI: Addiction NI is a registered charity working at community level providing a service for people who are abusing alcohol and drugs.
Al-Anon Family Group: Support group for friends and families of alcoholics.
Alcohol Concern: This site provides information and articles on a range of topics surrounding alcoholism.
Alcohol Focus Scotland: The national volunteer organisation for alcohol issues in Scotland.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Contact details for all English AA meetings.
Alcoholics Anonymous Ireland: This site provides information about the organisation, as well as contact numbers for local services.
Drinksense: Drinksense provides counselling, information, and support for individuals with alcohol related problems and their families.
Foundation 66: Foundation 66 works with individuals, communities and policy makers to reduce the harm caused by problem alcohol and drug use.
Institute of Alcohol Studies: The IAS is a charity aimed at improving education about alcohol in the UK.
NHS Smoking Helpline: This site is produced to help individuals stop smoking.
Release: Provides drug, legal, and human rights information.
Talk to Frank: Free, confidential drug information, aimed at young people.
Turning Point: Turning Point is a large national charity helping people with drink, drug, mental health and learning disabilities.
Web of Addictions: The site provides factual information about alcohol and other drug addictions, in order to combat misinformation.
Eating disorders
beat: beat (for the Eating Disorders Association) is the main British charitable organisation providing independent information about eating disorders.
BodyWhys: Information about eating disorders, coupled with online support and advocacy.
Eating Disorders Unit – Research and Information: This site is the website of the Eating Disorders Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry.
National Centre for Eating Disorders: An independent organisation set up to provide solutions for all eating problems, compulsive or “binge” eating, failed or “yo-yo” dieting, bulimia and anorexia.
Overeaters Anonymous: Overeaters Anonymous is an international charity supporting people with obesity and compulsive-eating disorders.
Something Fishy : This describes itself as a “pro-recovery” site and is compiled by an American woman recovered from anorexia nervosa and her husband.
Elderly
Action on Elder Abuse: This national organisation was established in 1993 by a multidisciplinary group of practitioners, academics and representatives of the voluntary sector.
Age UK : An excellent site, providing information and advice to older people and their carers.
Age Exchange: Age Exchange is a unique organisation which “aims to improve the quality of life for older people.
Counsel and Care: Counsel and Care helps older people with a wide range of issues. Their work is mainly advice given largely by telephone, letter and advice sheets.
Gender
The Gender Trust : The Gender Trust offers information and support to Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric and Transgender people.
General health advice
Arthritis Care: Provides information and support for patients with arthritis and their families and carers.
BBC Health: This site provides up to date news and archives of media stories.
British Heart Foundation: Supports research into and provides information on heart disease, including depression and the heart.
British Lung Foundation : Information, support and understanding for people affected by lung disease, including the Breathe Easy support network.
Department of Health: The Department of Health’s aim is to improve health and well being and to promote effective care for those who need it.
Multiple Sclerosis Society: Provides information on multiple sclerosis (MS), including MS and depression.
UK National Kidney Federation: Provides support services for patients with kidney disease.
NHS Direct: Tel: 0845 46 47. The site provides access to information and advice about healthy living, healthcare and illness.
Patient UK: This site offers information and contact details for a wide range of health services.
General mental health advice
BBC Mental Health: This subsection of the BBC homepage provides detailed information about various aspects of mental health for both patients and carers.
E-mental-Health: This site offers information on mental health (primarily Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression).
Epilepsy Action: Provides information for people with epilepsy, including information on epilepsy and depression.
Help is at Hand : The Royal College of Psychiatrists series of leaflets were first published on the web over three years ago.
Internet Mental Health : Internet Mental Health is an award-winning site that provides a wealth of information on mental and emotional disorders and their treatment.
Mental Health Care : Mental health information and the latest research from the Institute of Psychiatry, the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Rethink Mental Illness.
Mental Health Forum : A community where members can get mutual support, and discuss mental health policy and service development issues.
The Mental Health Foundation : The Mental Health Foundation aims to help people dealing with any aspect of mental health.
Mental Health Ireland : Works to support mental health in Ireland, and to assist people with mental health problems.
MIND : Provides information and advocacy services for people with mental health problems.
Psych Central : This site provides basic facts about a wide range of mental health disorders.
Psych Web : Resources available include on-line books, brochures and journals.
Psychiatry24x7 : Interesting site offering information about various mental health issues.
Rethink Mental Illness: A national voluntary organisation that helps people with a severe mental illness, their families and carers.
Samaritans: Tel: 08457 90 90 90. Email: jo@samaritans.org National organisation offering support to those in distress who feel suicidal or despairing and need someone to talk to.
SANE : SANE is a national mental health charity which aims to raise awareness of mental illness and campaign to improve services and initiate and fund research into the causes of serious mental illness through its research centre.
SAMH (Scottish Association of Mental Health): A Scottish mental health charity that works to support people who experience mental health problems, homelessness, addictions and other forms of social exclusion.
Learning/Developmental disabilities
Adders : International attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder online information service.
ADDISS : The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service.
AFASIC (Association For All Speech Impaired Children): Parent-led organisation for children and young people with speech impairments.
Ann Craft Trust : This association is dedicated to the protection from abuse of adults and children with learning disabilities.
Autism Frequently Asked Questions Memo: The site is in the form of a documentation of facts about autism.
BREAK : Charity for people and carers with special needs.
British Dyslexia Association : The BDA aims to help create a dyslexia-friendly society.
Change: is a national rights organisation led by disabled people.
Contact a Family : Contact a Family is a UK charity which helps families who care for children with any disability or special need.
Department of Health Learning Disabilities Web site
This site aims to provide up to date information from the Government for professionals in the field, and is working on being accessible to learning disabled people themselves.
Developmental and Behavorial Pediatrics : This site is designed to promote effective treatment and outcome for children and families affected by learning, developmental and behavioural problems.
Down’s Syndrome Association : Information for living successfully with Down’s Syndrome.
Epilepsy Action : This site provides information to epileptics of all ages and those working with them.
Epilepsy Society : This site is mainly geared towards patients, and includes a number of factsheets on treatments for epilepsy.
Evidence Based Bulletins Wales – Learning Disabilities : Thorough review of evidence on various aspects of the management of people with LD.
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities : Research organisation working with people with Learning Disabilities to improve their quality of life.
IPSEA (Independent Panel For Special Education Advice) : IPSEA exists to ensure that children with special education needs are given the benefits to which they are entitled.
MENCAP (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults) : Provides support services for people with disabilities.
National Autistic Society : Largest UK charity working for people with autistic spectrum disorders.
Norah Fry Research Centre : Research centre producing research on services and lives of people with Learning Disabilities.
On-line Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS) : Information is provided about related disorders, social skills, education.
MAMH – European Association of Intellectual Disability Medicine : A European group organised to promote all aspects of the study of the medical needs of people with Learning Disabilities.
UKAAN (UK Adult ADHD Network) : Professional body that aims to support practitioners in rolling out the NICE clinical guideline.
Understanding Intellectual Disabilities and Health : A website presenting commissioned information about various aspects of Learning Disabilities, for all people.
Manic Depression/Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar 4 All : this website aims to provide factual information on bipolar affective disorder and the treatments available.
Bipolar Scotland : Information about bipolar disorder, including self help groups.
Bipolar UK: Information about Manic Depression, including self help groups.
Pendulum : Site for information on bipolar disorder and related disorders.
Mental Health Act
IMHL : This organisation was set up to ensure that its members are kept fully up to date with mental health law.
Mental Health News : This is a good site about the Act.
Men
Men’s Health Forum : Charity that provides an independent and authoritative voice for male health in England and Wales.
Men to Men : An innovative group looking to challenge society’s and men’s own view of the role of men.
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder
OCD action : The national charity for OCD and related disorders. OCD action provides information, advice, and support to those with OCD and their families.
OCD-UK : OCD-UK aims to improve awareness of the condition both amongst the general public and within the medical community.
Patients’ Rights
Direct Government Mental Health : The government’s website, providing information about all aspects of legislation and opportunities.
Patient’s Association: The Patient’s Association works to be the voice of patients in the UK.
Personality Disorder
Emergence : Emergence is a service user-led organisation supporting all people affected by a diagnosis of personality disorder.
Personality disorder: no longer a diagnosis of exclusion: This website provides information, resources and learning opportunities for those with a personality disorder and their carers.
Scottish Personality Disorder Network: Contains information about the network set up by the Mental Health division.
Phobias and Anxiety
Anxiety UK : National membership organisation providing help and advice for sufferers, their carers and families.
Dental Fear Central : Useful site full of information for anyone with: an extreme phobia of dentists.
Virgin Atlantic’s ‘Flying Without Fear’ : One of the leaders in the industry providing free newsletters.
Flying Without Fear: This informative site is filled with useful tips to help anyone overcome the debilitating fear of airline travel.
No Panic : Offers support for sufferers of Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Tranquilliser Withdrawal.
Relaxation for Living Institute : A free membership organisation that provides information and advice on self-help methods and techniques to cope with all kinds of stress.
Shyness & Social Anxiety Treatment Australia : Information about social anxiety, the treatment options, group therapy & workshops, support groups, articles, resources and links to other sites.
Triumph Over Phobia : Triumph Over Phobia runs a series of self-help groups to help people with phobia learn to overcome their fears through small interactions with their phobias.
Hypnotherapy Plymouth: Matthew Cahill’s Website offering advise and first class treatment with Phobic and Fear responses.
Hypnotherapy Bristol Practice: Greg Nejedly’s Website offering good advise for these conditions.
Plymouth Hypnotherapy: Plymouth’s full time hypnotherapy centre for related issues.
Hypnotherapy Training London: London’s premier hypnotherapy training organisation.
Hypnotherapy Training Plymouth: Plymouth’s premier hypnotherapy training organisation.
Hypnotherapy Training Exeter: Exeter’s premier hypnotherapy training organisation.
Physical Activity and Exercise
Active Places: This website allows you to search for sports facilities anywhere in England.
Disability Sport Events : Organisation that supports and promotes sport for people with disabilities.
Walking the Way to Health : A nationwide scheme of group walks backed by the British Heart Foundation and Natural England.
Keep Fit : Find out about keep fit aerobics classes, and search for classes across the UK from 65 nation-wide Local Associations.
Paths For All : Covers walking schemes across Scotland. Use the website to find a local health walk in your area.
The Ramblers Association : Britain’s biggest walking charity. Contact them to find out more about where to walk in your area.
Sustrans : Provide advice on cycling opportunities locally and further afield, including the National Cycle Network.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages: There is up-to-date comprehensive information about trauma including leading articles.
PILOTS database of the National Center for PTSD (USA) : This database is an electronic index to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.
UK Psychological Trauma Society : The organisation has a comprehensive clinical network of UK Traumatic Stress Services listed on the website.
Professional bodies
Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy: The main aim of the AfSFH is to spread awareness of the benefits of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy : A member group for counsellors and psychotherapists.
British Association of Psychopharmacology : This site provides information on psychopharmacology.
British Psychological Society : This site offers information about training as a psychologist, how to find a psychologist.
General Medical Council : The GMC sets and enforces standards for medical doctors within the UK.
National Board for Hypnotherapy: The NBH is professional organisation representing hypnotherapist using modern techniques that link to neuroscience, members of this organisation measure outcomes as standard practice.
National Board for Modern Psychotherapy: The NBfMP is professional organisation representing psychotherapist using modern techniques that link to neuroscience, members of this organisation measure outcomes as standard practice.
Royal College of General Practitioners : The professional member body for general practitioners in the UK.
Royal College of Physicians : The professional member body for physicians in the UK. Information on becoming a physician, professional standards, and College publications.
Royal Society of Medicine : Interdisciplinary organisation for all medical practitioners.
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy : A voluntary regulatory body for psychotherapy in the UK.
Relationships
RELATE : Information on relationships, including counselling. Relate can be contacted by phone, online, or in person.
Research and Policy Organisations
Bandolier : Summarised systematic reviews of randomised trials by searching Medline and Pubmed.
Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health : Provides information on recent research in evidence based mental health.
Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) University of Birmingham : The HSMC aims to promote better health and to strengthen the management of health care services, including those relevant to child and adolescent mental health services.
The King’s Fund : The King´s Fund is an independent health care charity, which carries out research and development work to bring about better health policies and services.
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) : NICE was developed to provide the NHS with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current best practice.
Society for Psychotherapy Research : A multi-national organisation promoting psychotherapy research in all forms.
Schizophrenia
Support in Mind Scotland : The NSF offers support for individuals affected (as patients, carers, or families) by schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia.com : Is probably the best-established “user-centred” site.
Schizophrenia World : An interactive site that offers helpful information.
Self-Harm
LifeSIGNS : Provides information about self-injury to those who self-injure, their family/friends, schools, and healthcare professionals.
National Self Harm Network : The NSHN promotes understanding about self-harm, and supports people who self-harm.
The Silent Cry : A charity to help people to deal with self-harm whether a sufferer, relative or partner.
Sleep
British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association : Helps snorers and their sleeping partners worldwide.
Insomniacs : A website that offers expert advice on how to treat and cure insomnia.
The Narcolepsy Association (UKAN) : Information about narcolepsy including causes, diagnosis, and the effects on everyday life.
The National Sleep Foundation : American website with information on sleep and sleep disorders.
The Sleep Council : Promotes the benefits of sleeping well. Provides information leaflets on sleep and beds.
Sleepnet : Information is provided about sleep disorders, sleep deprivation, support groups, research centres, organisations and links to other sites with relevant resources.
Spirituality
The Multi-Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy : The Multi-Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy website has valuable information about traditions, symbols, teachings and practices of nine world religions.
The National Spirituality and Mental Health Forum : The National Spirituality and Mental Health Forum is an independent registered multi-faith charity.
Stress
International Stress Management Association : An easy-to-use site offering information pages about various types of stress.
Women/childbirth
Association for Post Natal Illness : Support site for those suffering from postnatal illness.
Family Action : Support and practical help for families affected by mental illness.
Motherisk : Motherisk provides evidence-based information about the safety of drugs, chemicals, and disease during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
National Association For Premenstrual Syndrome : Information about PMS, it’s symptoms, causes, and treatments.
National Childbirth Trust : Very informative site on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.
Netmums : A website offering support and information on pregnancy and parenting.
