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Mental health organisations

Action Mental Health
Works in Northern Ireland to improve the health and wellbeing of people with mental health needs or learning disabilities, by creating opportunities for them to progress towards independence and employment.
www.actionmentalhealth.org.uk

Mental Health Fundation
Works throughout the UK to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. Website includes extensive information on problems, treatments and getting help. The 'Interactive zone' provides access to online bulletin boards and forums, and a 'Personal stories' section. The '1 in 4' forum is a discussion group for people with mental health needs, their relatives and carers, and providers of services; 'Us as experts forum' is a discussion forum on service-user-led research.
www.mhf.org.uk

Mind
Mind works in England and Wales to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. For details of more than 200 local Mind associations, many of which offer befriending or advocacy services, click on 'Mind in your area'. The 'Information' section of the website includes downloadable booklets and factsheets on problems, treatments and rights, as well as briefings on legal issues. MindinfoLine is a confidential mental health information service; it can be contacted by letter, phone or email, and calls in languages other than English, as well as from deaf or speech-impaired callers. For details click on 'About Mind', then 'MindinfoLine'.
www.mind.org.uk

Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health
Provides a range of services for those with mental health needs, including housing schemes, day care and advocacy. Click on 'Information' for downloadable factsheets on a range of mental health problems. Click then on 'Useful contacts' for details of support groups and agencies across Northern Ireland. The Association also runs Carecall, which provides counselling, training and consultancy for employers on mental health in the workplace.
www.niamh.co.uk/

NSF Scotland
Works to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of those affected by schizophrenia and other mental illness, including families and carers. Provides information, advice and support from its national office; click on 'Find out more' for contact details and for access to downloadable publications, including carers’ factsheets and children's booklets. Click on 'In your area' for information about local projects, groups and other activities.
www.nsfscot.org.uk

Penumbra
Provides a range of person-centred support services for adults and young people in Scotland. Click on 'Adult services' for details of local services. Information about some specific mental health problems can be found in the 'About mental health' and 'Publications' sections. A section of the website is dedicated to 'Young people'.
www.penumbra.org.uk

Rethink
Rethink, the leading national mental health membership charity, works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. We help over 48,000 people each year through our services and support groups and by providing information on mental health problems. Our website receives almost 300,000 visitors every year.
Our aim is to make a practical and positive difference by providing hope and empowerment through effective services and support to all those who need us. We believe that people who experience severe mental illness are entitled to be treated with respect and as equal citizens. We actively campaign for change through greater awareness and understanding and we are dedicated to creating a world where prejudice and discrimination are eliminated.
www.rethink.org

Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
A charity affiliated to the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College, London; it works to improve the quality of life for people with severe mental health problems by carrying out research, analysis, training and development to improve practice and influence policy in public services. The website provides access to a range of research publications, policy and good practice guidelines.
www.scmh.org.uk

Sane
Works to improve the lives of everyone affected by mental illness. The 'About mental illness' section of the website includes extensive information on mental health problems and different forms of care and treatment. There is also an online 'Discussion group', which you can access from the home page.
www.sane.org.uk

Unllais
A mental health development, training and information agency operating across North Wales. Click on 'Directory' to search for agencies anywhere in Wales; you can search for agencies dealing with specific problems or issues by selecting from an extensive drop-down menu.
www.unllais.co.uk