The links to other useful web sites below have been arranged alphabetically.
If your organisation or group would like to add a link to this list please
send us an email with the address to info@mindinmanchester.org.uk.
We do not take any responsibility for the content of external sites.
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Cry in the Dark - "...a place to speak freely about depression,
suicide, self injury, and anything else along those lines". |
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Addictions -
information on alcohol addiction, drug addiction and other addictions, provided
by Priory Healthcare. |
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Adverse Psychiatric
Reactions Information Link - public and medical awareness of the effects
that drugs and medicines may have on mental stability. |
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Age Concern - through
a national network of 1400 local organisations, Age Concern is the leading
campaigner on ageing issues and the major provider of local care services
for all older people. |
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Asylum - the
website of the magazine that has become known as "the bible of the
survivor movement". |
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Benefits and
Work - 'Make the best possible benefits claims and appeals', including
Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance. Subscription needed
to access the full site. |
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Borderline UK
- aims to provide information on all aspects of Borderline Personality Disorder. |
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British Psychological
Society - The British Psychological Society (BPS) is the representative
body for psychologist and psychology in the UK. |
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Connect - "aims
to be a worldwide, interactive, personalised forum for the sharing of information
by people whose lives are touched by mental health problems and/or learning
disabilities". |
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Depresssion Alliance
- UK charity offering help to people with depression, run by sufferers themselves. |
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Depression
Learning Path - "will give you the most revolutionary, up-to-date,
and useful information on depression anywhere on the Net". |
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Depression
Is A Choice - "This web site will put you in touch with some entirely
new thinking about depression" includes Depression Myths and Ten Don'ts
Of Depression. |
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DrugScope -
is the UK's leading drugs charity and centre of expertise on drugs. |
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Drugs search
- searchable databse online of prescribed medication from Norfolk Mental
Health Care NHS Trust Pharmacy web site. |
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Eastserve - online services
for East Manchester, including what's happening, housing, benefits and discussion
forums. |
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Eaton T. Fores
Research Center - The Eaton T. Fores Research Center Against Psychiatry.
Includes the There
Are No Chemical Imbalances page. |
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ECT - This site is a
comprehensive collection of information about ECT. |
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End the Fear - "If
you live or work in Manchester and are experiencing domestic violence,
or know and care about someone who is experiencing domestic violence, then
this website provides useful information and advice." |
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Hearing
Voices Mailing List - this group is for people who hear, or who have
heard voices. We can share support, strategies for living with voices, and
other ideas. |
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How to Complain
- "is an independent British website aimed at making complaints
work for everyone: consumers, companies and government." |
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Mad Not Bad - "This
site is the realm of the 'Service User'... help illuminate the darkness
that surrounds mental ill health". |
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Manchester Community Information
Network - delivers electronic public information systems of benefit
to the citizens of Manchester. |
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Mental
Health Law - a guide to the Mental Health Act. |
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Mental Health
Care - mental health information from the Institute of Psychiatry, South
London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Rethink |
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Mentoring UK - "Lists
mentoring sites where you can get mentoring help including a mentor relationship.
It also lists mentor related sites". |
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No2ID - ID cards
and NHS database developments have implications for everyone, whatever their
medical history. |
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Open government -
"The easy way to government information and services online". |
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PsychHelp
- "This group is a place to discuss and debate Psychological Issues,
as well as receive Mental Health Support." |
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Psychiatry
Research - "This moderated network facilitates the rapid dissemination
of research news relevant to the study of psychopathology." |
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Radical Psychology Network
- "seeks like-minded psychologists and others to help create a
society better able to meet human needs and bring about social justice". |
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Sainsbury Centre For Mental
Health - "carries out research, development and training work to
influence policy and practice in health and social care." |
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Self Injury and Related
Issues - information and support for self injury and suicide. |
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Schizophrenia
or Spiritual Emergence - "A cross-paradigmatic reference for mental
health professionals, people with schizophrenia and individuals experiencing
signs of spiritual emergence." |
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Shift - an initiative
in England to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding
mental health issues, aiming to create a society
where "people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights
as other people". |
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Travel Insurance for pre-existing
health condtitions, including Bipolar Disorder / Manic Depression
and Schizophrenia. |
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Tidal Model of Recovery
- "...focuses on the change process that lies dormant within us all
and which helps reveal the meaning of our experiences, as we reclaim those
aspects of our lives which have been submerged by mental distress." |
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UK Survivors
- for mental health user/survivors in the UK, disabled people and allies/professionals
to debate, receive and give support and to network together. |
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ZapRap - "Here at
ZapRap, you will find rigorous discussion of the issues surrounding electroconvulsive
therapy, along with support and friendship." |
