Links
Listed below are website addresses* of other local and national organisations providing help and support:
Local organisations:
- South Warwickshire Health and Diversity Blogsite
- This Blogsite provides a space for quality and meaningful consultation/ Dialogue between the BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Mental Health Diversity Team and the local community of South warwickshire. http://healthanddiversity.blogspot.com/
- SOLACE
- A local independent mental health service in South Warwickshire providing confidential help to people in distress. Website also has a discussion forum. www.solacehelp.org.uk
Survivor sites:
- Mad Not Bad
- A lively survivor site with lots of survivor stories, creativity and very good links. www.madnotbad.co.uk
- Voices Forum
- Large survivors' section of Rethink's site with lots of articles, stories, poetry, information and links. www.voicesforum.org.uk
- Zyra's MADLINKS page
- Lots of links to a wide variety of mental health sites www.zyra.org.uk
- Hearing Voices Network
- www.hearingvoices.org.uk
- Purple Pippa
- Especially good for information and links relating to women's mental health issues. www.purplepippa.co.uk
- Ron Coleman's site
- Survivor site describing Ron's experiences of distress and recovery and his work in mental health as a survivor trainer and consultant. www.roncolemanvoices.co.uk
General Mental Health:
- Rethink
- Large mental health charity, The site has a wide range of information for survivors, carers and workers. www.rethink.org
- BBC Mental Health
- Lots of information on mental health including disorders and treatments. Includes information on advocacy and the law. www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/index.shtml
- MIND
- Large mental health charity with a great deal of information on mental health issues including campaigning and Mindlink, Mind's national user survivor network. www.mind.org.uk
- Mental Health Foundation
- Website contains a great deal of information on mental health and particularly on survivor-led research, see Strategies for Living section. www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Specialist sites:
- UKAN
- UK Advocacy network, specialist mental health advocacy agency. www.u-kan.co.uk
- SIARI
- Self Injury and Related Issues Index
www.siari.co.uk - Young Minds
- www.youngminds.org.uk
- Safeline
- For victims of sexual abuse. www.safelinewarwick.co.uk
- Identity Disorders
- Coping with multiple personality and dissociative identity disorder www.multiple-personality.com
- Association for Post Natal Illness
- www.apni.org
- Carers Online
- www.carersuk.org
- CRUSE
- Providing help and support for those affected by bereavement www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
- Healing the Hurt
- For those bereaved by suicide www.healingthehurt.com
- Eating Disorder Association
- www.edauk.com
- Something Fishy
- Eating disorder website www.something-fishy.org
- Asylum Online
- Radical online magasine promoting democratic psychiatry. www.asylumonline.net
- Mindout
- Survivor led organisation promoting anti stigma and discrimination in the media. Site has lots of good links. http://mindout.clarity.uk.net
Interactive Self Help:
- Feel Better
- www.kpchr.org/feelbetter
- Living Life to the Full
- www.livinglifetothefull.com
General advice:
- Citizens' Advice Bureau
- www.citizensadvice.org.uk
* SWUF is not responsible for the content of external websites
