Living with mental health problems

This is the first in a series of Rethink reports on mental health recovery. It identifies 100 ways in which people working across the mental health sector can support the recovery of people with mental health problems.

A novel which shows how difficult it can be to love someone suffering from manic depression.

This factsheet explains how and when you can access health records and further information.

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.

Advance statements, also referred to as advance directives or advance agreements, are an expression of the wishes of someone who experiences mental illness about the type of care and treatment to be provided if they become unwell. This factsheet explains how these are used.

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.

A novel by Alastair Campbell | Personally signed by author | Proceeds to Rethink | Martin Sturrock desperately needs a psychiatrist. The problem? He is one. Emily is a traumatised burns victim and Arta, a Kosovan refugee recovering from a rape. Very different Londoners, but they share one thing: every week they spend an hour at the Prince Regent hospital, revealing the secrets of their psyche to Professor Martin Sturrock.

This fact sheet contains information on how antidepressants work, the different types of antidepressants available, what the side effects are and further information.

Some people will have the sort of mental health problems which mean that they will need to take antipsychotic medication as part of their treatment package. This factsheet explains how antipsychotics work, the different types, side effects and further information.

Assertive outreach is the term for intervention that targets people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness but have not been engaged with mental health services. This factsheet explains how the intervention works.