Welcome to the Links and newsletters section of North London Mental Health Hub. Provided below are some useful links covering a broad range of mental health issues. |
 Alzheimer's Disease Society
The Alzheimer's Society is committed to maintaining, improving its unique knowledge and understanding of dementia. It seeks to define and develop quality in its care and core services, to reach out to and include all people with dementia, their families and the professionals who work with them and to work in partnership with other organisations that share its aims. www.alzheimers.org.uk |
 Depression Alliance
Depression Alliance is the leading UK charity for people affected by depression. They work to relieve and to prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services. They also campaign to raise awareness amongst the general public about the realities of depression. www.depressionalliance.org |
 MDF BiPolar Organisation
MDF The BiPolar Organisation is a user led charity working to enable people affected by Bipolar disorder /manic depression to take control of their lives. www.mdf.org.uk |
 beat - beating eating disorders
Here you will find information and help on all aspects of eating disorders
including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related
eating disorders. ( formerly The Eating Disorders Association). www.b-eat.co.uk
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 International Stress Management Association
The International Stress Management Association is a registered Charity with a multi-disciplinary professional membership. It's exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention and reduction of human stress. It sets professional standards for the benefit of individuals and organisations using the services of its members. www.isma.org.uk |
 Mental Health Act 2007
The new Mental Health Act 2007 has been passed, replacing the Act of 1983. The
Act specifies where people are treated and what kind of treatment will be given;
the rights of the patient, relatives and friends, which professionals can make
decisions; and what counts as a "mental disorder". The Act is due to come into force on 3 November 2008.For more information try
www.mind.org.uk or www.rethink.org
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 Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation exists to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. They are keen to tackle difficult issues and try different approaches, many of them led by service users themselves. They use our findings to provide high quality information, publication, training materials and online services for statutory, voluntary and community organisations, and for the general public.
www.mhf.org.uk |
 MIND
MIND is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. www.mind.org.uk |
 Mental Health Specialist Library
This site aims to meet the information needs of health care professionals who work in the field of mental health. The site is also freely available to the general public, although some visitors may find the NHS Direct online a more apprpriate site for their needs.
http://www.library.nhs.uk/mentalHealth/ or www.nhsdirect-nhs-uk
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 Rethink
Whether you have a mental illness yourself, or are you caring for someone else who has; whether you are a healthcare professional, or you simply want to know for yourself - there are facts, information and advice on a wide range of subjects right here, at your fingertips. www.rethink.org |
 Royal College of Psychiatrists
Online access to the British Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Bulletin and Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. www.rcpsych.org |
 RCP Changing Minds Campaign
The Changing Mind Campaign is trying, in a variety of ways, to encourage everyone to stop and think about their own attitudes and behaviour in relation to mental disorders. If we do stop and think, we will almost certainly understand more, and as a result become more tolerant of people with mental health problems.
The aims of the Changing Mind Campaign are to increase public and professional understanding of different mental health problems and to reduce the stigma and discrimination against people suffering from these problems. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/campaigns/changingminds.aspx |
 Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
The Sainsbury Centre of Mental Health works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems. We carry out research, analysis, training and development to improve practice and influence policy services. Our work focuses on those areas where we can make the greatest difference to people's lives. It ranges from national research into the key issues in mental health to local development projects that tackle some of the most difficult issues services face. www.scmh.org.uk |
 Sane and Saneline
SANE was established in 1986 following the overwhelming public response to a series of articles of articles featured in 'The Times' newspaper entitled The Forgotten Illness' written by Marjorie Wallace, now SANE's Chief Executive. The articles uncovered the neglect of people suffering from schizophrenia and the poverty of services and treatments. From its initial focus on schizophrenia, SANE developed and is now concerned with all mental illnesses. www.sane.org.uk |
YoungMinds
YoungMinds campaigns about the importance of children's mental health; the importance of recognising when a child is troubled and providing adequate support for these children before their problems escalate out of control. www.youngminds.org.uk |
 Psychminded
This is an independent site that is not aimed specificallyfor or maintained by service users, but is highly recommended. The person who runs it is called Adam James, who is a free-lance journalist. That means he's free to ask difficult questions and raise challenging topics. There are up-to-date bulletins on mental health issues, and links to a wide range of relevant sources. There are also good links to up-to-date research information.
www.psychminded.co.uk |
 Plus Hyphen - 21
This is another independent base for ideas and initiatives, most of them concerning mental health. It includes a good paper on spirituality and mental health; it describes a successful service user campaign to institute a code of professional good conduct for ward rounds and similar meetings. www.hyphen-21.org |
 UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN)
The UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) was established to provide support for clinical research and to facilitate the conduct of randomised prospective trials and other well-designed studies. It is tasked with developing a world class infrastructure to support clinical research in the UK. http://www.ukcrn.org.uk/index.asp |
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