General Resources
Medical and Alternative Treatment
Information from UK charity Mind on all different types of mental health treatment.
How Will I Pay?
This page is aimed at people seeking help for an eating disorder in the USA, but a lot of it is relevant to seeking help for other mental health problems, and to other countries without a national health service.
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Arts Therapies
This factsheet describes different types of arts therapies – for example, music, painting, clay work, dance, voice or drama – and the role of arts therapists in mental health.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Factsheet about dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), a psychological therapy for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), self-harming behaviour or suicidal ideas.
Making Sense of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive behaviour therapy, or CBT, aims to change patterns of thinking or behaviour that are behind people’s difficulties, and so change the way they feel.
Making Sense of Counselling
Introduces and explains the most common types of individual face-to-face counselling in the UK and looks at the kinds of problems it can tackle, and who it can help.
Mentalisation Based Treatment – a short patient’s guide
Information about MBT, a type of therapy for borderline personality disorder, from a patient’s perspective.
What Is CAT?
Information on cognitive analytical therapy.
Medication
Crazy Meds
The good, the bad, and the funny of neuropsychopharmacology. Information about psychiatric drugs from a patient’s perspective, presented in a light-hearted way.
Drugs: An Alphabetical List
Information on all medications commonly prescribed for mental health problems in the UK.
Making Sense of Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Why these medicines are prescribed, the possible effects of coming off them, the best way to withdraw successfully, and how to tell the difference between withdrawal and relapse.
Hospitalisation
How to Cope with Hospital Admission
Some advice on what to expect if you or a friend or relative is admitted to hospital.
Mind Rights Guide 1: Civil Admission to Hospital
Answers some of the more common questions concerning civil (compulsory) admission to a psychiatric hospital or ward under the Mental Health Act 1983 (UK).
Alternative and Complementary Treatments
Complementary and Alternative Therapy Resources
Information on acupuncture, aromatherapy, herbal remedies, traditional Chinese medicine, massage and yoga in relation to mental health.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Information on omega-3 fish oils and their role in treating depression and mood swings.
St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Information on the herbal remedy St John’s Wort, used to treat depression.
ECT and Neurosurgery
Making Sense of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
ECT is one of the most controversial treatments in modern psychiatry, used mainly for severe depression which has not responded to other treatments.
Neurosurgery for Mental Disorder (Psychosurgery)
Factsheet for people who are considering neurosurgery for mental disorder and their friends and relatives.
