The Partnership Development Team

BBC online: Mental Health

Mental Health section of BBC Health website, containing information about emotional health, disorders & condition, coping techniques, supporting & caringtherapy & therapists and information about drugs.

The Mental Health Foundation

The Mental Health Foundation is a UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live.

Mind

Mind is a mental health charity in England and Wales. They work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.

The Mental Health Specialist Library

The Mental Health Specialist Library aims to meet the information needs of health care professionals who work in the field of mental health. It is also freely available to the general public, although some visitors may find NHS Direct Online a more appropriate web site for their needs.

NHS Direct

NHS Direct provides information and advice about health, illness and health services, to enable patients to make decisions about their healthcare and that of their families.

Rethink

Rethink is a national mental health membership charity, working to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. Their aim is to make a practical and positive difference by providing hope and empowerment through effective services, information and support to all those who need it.

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems by influencing policy and practice in mental health services. Their focus is on criminal justice and employment, and broad mental health policy. They do this through project work, research, publications and events.

Sane

Sane aims: To raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families, improve education and training, and secure better services. To undertake research into the causes of serious mental illness through The Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research. To provide information and emotional support to those experiencing mental health problems, their families and carers through SANELINE

Speaking Up

Advocacy is all about enabling people to have a stronger voice in shaping their lives. Speaking Up employs advocates to understand and represent the views of individuals or support them to speak up and represent themselves.

They aim to make sure that people who have no say in their lives because of their learning difficulties or mental ill health get heard and involved.