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Sometimes with delicate subjects and wishing my readers to get the best information, I have not listed any websites outside of the UK as I do not know which are the most sensitive and helpful – I have tried to list as many websites as I can that I have found helpful to me personally, but there will always be more regional and local informational and support systems for you so do seek those out. I have also included memoirs/self help books that I have personally read and you can also find my reviews of these books on my site.
(Note websites as applicable April 2012 (some may have changed at the time of reading).
• General mental illness, therapies and charities
• Borderline Personality disorder
• Depression
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Bipolar
• Schizophrenia
• Anxiety/panic attacks
• Paranoia, dissociation and psychosis
• Eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia)
• Thyroid issues
• Alcohol and drug abuse
• Anger management
• Children and young people – support and information for mental health and abuse issues
• Family support – abuse, mental illness, addictions etc
• Sexual & physical abuse/rape
• Self harm
• Suicide prevention
• Debt management
• Therapies such as Cognitive behavioural therapy, psychotherapy, DBT, Adlerian therapy, hypnotherapy
• Information on Yoga, Meditation, Mindfullness, Mentalising…
• Celebrities and famous people with mental health issue
• Quetiapine and Citalopram medications
General mental illness, therapy and charities – (often you will find information on various mental illnesses, support and therapies on these sites)
UK
www.mind.org.uk – mental health charity
www.psychotherapy.org.uk – UK council for Psychotherapy
www.nhs.uk – National Health Service
www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx - Primary Care Trust information
www.sane.org.uk – mental health and stigma charity
www.samaritans.org – crisis and emotional support charity
www.time-to-change.org.uk – stop the stigma of mental illness, part of Mind and Rethink
www.turning-point.co.uk – charity to help turn lives around
www.citizensadvice.org.uk – charity to help and campaign for the community
www.rethink.org – mental health support charity
www.thecalmzone.net – campaign against living miserably
www.dh.gov.uk/health/category/policy-areas/social-care/mental-health department of health mental health section
www.nice.org.uk National Institute for health and clinical excellence
USA
www.psychcentral.com – mental health, addictions, forums, info and more
www.healthyplace.com - mental health, addictions, forums, info and more
www.athealth.com/consumer - mental health info
www.nimh.nih.gov – National institute of mental health
www.nami.org – National alliance on mental illness
www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness – information by illness
CANADA
www.cmha.bc.ca – Canadian mental health association
www.mooddisorderscanada.ca – mood disorders society of Canada
www.imaginementalhealth.com – fundraising and increasing awareness of MH issues
www.seame.ca – against stigma through education
AUSTRALIA
www.sane.org – helpline and information on mental health
www.au.reachout.com – info on mental health, addictions and many adversities
www.mindaustralia.org.au – supporting people with mental illness
www.anzmh.asn.au – Australia and New Zealand mental health association – for professionals
EUROPE
www.gamian.eu - Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks - Europe
www.mhe-sme.org – Mental health Europe
WEBLINKS WITH MORE SPECIFIC FOCUS
Borderline Personality disorder – information, help and support
Websites:
UK
www.emergenceplus.org.uk – for everyone with personality disorders - this is a Community Interest Company, not a charity but it is a ‘Not for Profit Organisation’
www.personalitydisorder.org.uk - personality disorder
USA
www.anythingtostopthepain.com - Help for parents, partners, children and friends of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Non-Borderline resources and eBooks.
www.borderlinepersonalitytoday.com
www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com - National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
www.fbpda.org - Florida
http://site.nepda.org
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com.au
BOOKS
Borderline Personality Disorder memoirs
Girl, interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Buddha and the Borderline by Kiera Van Gelder published by New Harbinger Publications Inc in 2010
On a Knife’s Edge by Michelle Karpus published by Chipmunka Publishing in 2010
Get me out of here, my recovery from borderline personality disorder by Rachel Reiland, published in 2004 by Hazelden
Self help books
The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide Alexander L Chapman P.H.D and Kim L. Gratz P.H.D published by New Harbinger Publications in 2007
Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies by Charles H. Elliott PHD and Laura L. Smith, published by Wiley Publishing Inc. in 2009
Depression – information, help and support
UK
www.aware.ie – based in Dublin
www.depressionuk.org
www.journeysonline.org.uk – based in Wales
USA
www.oflikeminds.com – depression, anxiety and bipolar
www.healthline.com/health/depression
www.mentalwellnesstoday.com - based in America and Canada
CANADA
www.canmat.org – depression, anxiety and bipolar
www.depression.mb.ca - Manitoba
AUSTRALIA
www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
www.beyondblue.org.au – depression, anxiety and bipolar
BOOKS – Memoirs:
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, published by Faber in 2004 (first published by William Heinemann Ltd in 1963)
Obsessive compulsive disorder – information, help and support
www.ocfoundation.org – International OCD Foundation
UK
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Obsessive-compulsive-disorder
www.norfolkocdsupport.org.uk
USA
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
Bipolar – help, support and information
UK
www.bipolaraware.co.uk
www.bipolar-foundation.org
USA
www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder
OTHER
www.internationalbipolarfoundation.org
AUSTRALIA
www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
www.bipolardisorders.com.au
CANADA
Schizophrenia – information, help and support
UK
www.mind.org.uk/help/diagnoses_and_conditions/schizophrenia
USA
www.schizophrenia.com
www.mentalwellnesstoday.com - Based in America and Canada
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
www.schizophreniaresearch.org.au
www.sfnsw.org.au
http://au.reachout.com/find/articles/understanding-schizophrenia-and-getting-help
BOOKS - Memoirs
Henry’s Demons by Patrick and Henry Cockburn published in 2011
I never promised you a rose garden by Joanne Greenberg (formally Hannah Green)
Anxiety/panic attacks – information, support and help
www.panic-and-agoraphobia.com - general
UK
www.anxietyuk.org.uk
USA
www.anxietydepressionhealth.org
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
Paranoia, dissociation and psychosis – help, support and information
UK
www.firstpersonplural.org.uk - dissociation
www.pods-online.org.uk - dissociation
www.tag-uk.net – dissociation
www.paranoidthoughts.com - Paranoia
www.mind.org.uk/help/diagnoses_and_conditions/paranoia - Paranoia
www.iris-initiative.org.uk – intervention of psychosis
www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Psychosis-Diagnosis-and-Management.htm
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Psychosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx
www.mind.org.uk/help/diagnoses_and_conditions/psychotic_experience
NOTE: I have only listed UK websites
Eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia) – help, support and information
UK
www.anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk
www.eatingdisordersadvice.co.uk – for parents and teachers of sufferers
USA
www.eatingdisorderrecovery.com
CANADA
www.edfofcanada.com
AUSTRALIA
www.eatingdisorders.org.au - Victoria based
www.eda.org.au - Queensland based
Thyroid issues – support and information
UK
www.thyroiduk.org - general thyroid and thyroid problem information
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Thyroid-under-active - under-active thyroid information - which is what I have – important to note is that one of the symptoms is feeling depressed and tired
www.thyroidmind.org - All about the thyroid
USA
www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures.html – their patient brochures
www.medicalonly.com
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
www.thyroidfoundation.com.au
Alcohol and drug abuse – information and support
UK
www.addaction.org.uk - Drugs and Alcohol
www.adfam.org.uk - Drugs, Alcohol and family support
www.alcoholpolicy.net
www.drinkingandyou.com/site/uk/moder.htm
USA
www.drugnet.net
www.drinkingandyou.com/site/us/moder.htm
CANADA
www.ccsa.ca
www.drinkingandyou.com/site/can/moder.htm
AUSTRALIA
http://au.reachout.com/find/issues/alcohol-other-drugs
www.alcoholinfo.nsw.gov.au
www.druginfo.nsw.gov.au
EUROPE
BOOKS - Memoir:
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, published by John Murray in 2004 (confusion as to what is true and not true about this story but it is a very well written account of addiction)
Anger management – help, support and information
UK
www.angermanagementexpert.co.uk
www.nhs.uk/conditions/Anger-management
www.mind.org.uk/help/diagnoses_and_conditions/dealing_with_anger
www.thecalmzone.net/talk/issues/anger - campaign for men against living miserably (virtually anything that could make you miserable)
NOTE: I have only listed UK websites
Children and young people – support and information for mental health and abuse issues
UK
USA
www.aacap.org - Child psychiatry
www.childheroespublishing.com
www.hope4mentalhealth.org
CANADA
www.kidshelpphone.ca/teens/home/splash.aspx
AUSTRALIA
Family support – abuse, mental illness, addictions etc
UK
www.careforthefamily.org.uk
USA
www.thebalancedmind.org – families with children with mental health issues
CANADA
www.familyguidetomentalhealth.com
AUSTRALIA
www.familydrughelp.org.au
www.familylife.com.au
Sexual & physical abuse/rape –information
UK
www.tag-uk.net - trauma and abuse group, including dissociation and self harm
www.womensaid.org.uk – physical and sexual abuse of women and children
NOTE: I have only listed UK websites
Self harm – help, support and information
UK
USA
www.healthyplace.com/abuse/self-injury/self-injury-homepage
CANADA
www.northwestvancouver.cmha.bc.ca/get-informed/mental-health-information/self-harm
AUSTRALIA
http://au.reachout.com/find/articles/deliberate-self-harm
www.sane.org/information/factsheets-podcasts/935-self-harm
Suicide – help, support and information
UK
www.positivechoices-wales.org
USA
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
CANADA
www.crisisline.ca - Canada crisis line for mental health issues 24 hours
AUSTRALIA
www.sane.org/information/factsheets-podcasts/211-suicidal-behaviour-and-self-harm
Debt management – help, support and information
UK
www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
NOTE: I have only listed UK websites
Therapies such as Cognitive behavioural therapy, psychotherapy, DBT, Adlerian therapy, hypnotherapy
GENERAL
www.goodtherapy.org/Adlerian-Psychology.html - Adlerian therapy
UK
www.babcp.com - CBT
www.bsch.org.uk - hypnotherapy
www.psychotherapy.org.uk - psychotherapy
www.therapeuticcommunities.org
www.getselfhelp.co.uk – CBT
www.getselfhelp.co.uk/dbt.htm - DBT
USA
www.dbtselfhelp.com - DBT
www.psychcentral.com – almost everything about mental health, psychotherapy and other therapy solutions
www.aaph.org - hypnotherapy
www.asch.net - hypnotherapy
www.cognitivetherapynyc.com - CBT
CANADA
www.anxietydepressionhealth.org/cognitive-therapy.htm - CBT
www.theravive.com – various therapy contacts in USA and Canada
The websites listed above have been very useful to me and I hope they will be informative for you. I have not listed any in other countries as the list would be endless, but there are lots of resources for finding local therapists on the internet.
Exercise of the body and mind is proven to be good for mental health issues…
Information on Yoga, Meditation, Mindfullness, Mentalising…
www.myyogaonline.com - yoga
www.aypsite.com - yoga
www.whatmeditationreallyis.com – mindfulness
www.whatmeditationreallyis.com/index.php/lang-en/home-blog/item/123-using-the-senses-to-relax-the-mind.html - meditation
www.mentalising.com/what-is-mentalising.html - mentalising
Celebrities and famous people with mental health issues –
I have a list of over 300 celebrities or famous people who have suffered from or still suffer from mental illness on my website at http://amandagreenauthor.co.uk/300-famous-people-celebrities-who-have-suffered-with-mental-illness-or-issues-help-highlight-the-stigma-in-our-society
GENERAL ADVERSITY
BOOKS - General memoirs dealing with adversity:
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in 2007
Wife Interrupted by Amy Molloy, published in 2009 by Headline review
Quetiapine (Seroquel anti-psychotics) and Citalopram (Celexa anti-depressant) medications
www.nhs.uk – then use the search box to search for Citalopram or Quetiapine or any other medicine or illness you would like to look up.
Although I did use forums and informative websites to look up these medications, the varying experiences people have around the world of both these medications sometimes made it confusing and worrying for me, as well as helpful, so I have not listed any forums here. Always check the leaflets that come with the medicines and speak to your doctor.
