Living with mental health problems

Over 50,000 people living in the community with severe mental illness have little or no support from services. What could be done for this Forgotten Generation? Action Stations identifies areas of good practice and barriers to service provision.

A factsheet designed to help people using mental health services say what they want, obtain their rights and gain access to the services they need.

This factsheet provides an overview of key mental health issues for black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. The factsheet includes a list of BME services in the UK.

This fact sheet provides information on what voices are, the experience of hearing voices, how people deal with hearing voices, and further information.

This booklet provides basic information about many of the issues surrounding living life with mental illness.  It covers topics such as medication, other treatments, physical health, drugs and alcohol and self-harm.

Mark Whittaker's stories depict, with trademark quirky humour, characters on the edge of society, oddball scientists and ascetic figures searching for the purest expressions of beauty and truth.

This handbook aims to offer support to anyone who has been affected by schizophrenia or psychosis, whether you have the illness yourself or are caring for a friend. It has been written by those with first hand experience of coping with schizophrenia.

Many people with severe mental illnesses drive safely. There are, however, some mental illnesses for which extra precautions must be taken to ensure the safety of both the driver and other road users.

Written specifically for families and cares, this leaflet provides information on dual diagnosis, common substances and their effects, advice on how to support someone through treatment.