First Steps Links

General

• Speakability
  A national charity which helps people suffering from aphasia and dysphasia.
• psychnet-uk.com
• The Mental Health Foundation
• CharityNet
• HealthAtoZ
• MIND
• Success Unlimited
• SANE
• The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
• The Bright Side- Wings of Support
• Erdington Depression Alliance
  A self-help group for sufferers of depression and anxiety in the Birmingham area
• British British Psychological Society
  Have a register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy available here.
• NAPAC- The National Association for People Abused in Childhood
• Self Help HQ Everything Self Help, from Alcoholism Self Help to Writing A Self Help Book.
• fear free flying Expert advice to overcome the fear of flying.
• Relaxation for Living institute.  A natural way to cope with stress through simple self-help methods.
   

Therapy

• Clover House Therapy
  Clover House Therapy: natural healing for children
  Charity based in Bristol, aimed at the whole UK, provides complementary care therapies for children or teenagers and training courses for therapists.
• British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists
• UK Council for Psychotherapy
• Royal college of Psychiatrists
• Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy

Anxiety and Panic Attacks

• Social-Anxiety
• TACT - An MSN Community
• Panic Anxiety HubOpen Mind
• No Panic
  No Panic is a totally voluntary charity, whose aims are to aid the relief and rehabilitation of those people suffering from Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, related Anxiety Disorders, including Tranquilliser Withdrawal, and to provide support to sufferers and their families and their carers.
• Do You Panic A personal case study of recovery from obsessive panic/anxiety.

BPD

• Yahoo! Groups B_P_D Promote
• BPD Central
  (resources for people who care about someone with BPD)
• American Psychological Association on Panic Disorder
• Borderline UKBPD (email link to BPD carers)

OCD

• OC Foundation
  (large active charitable organisation based in the US with global information)
• OCD Resource
  (aimed at young people)
• Jeffrey Schwartz and colleagues
• Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous (OCA) World Services
• OCD Centre of Los Angeles
• OCD-UK
  OCD UK aim to bring the facts about OCD to the public and to support those who suffer in silence from this often debilitating anxiety disorder.

Tranquilliser Withdrawal

• Benzo addiction info
• benzo.org.uk
• www.bcnc.org.uk Lots of info. about benzo withdrawal.

Eating Disorders

• Something Fishy
  (huge resource of info on eating disorders)
• Eating Disorders Association UK
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists Anorexia & Bulimia Info

Benefits for Carers and Sufferers

• Social Security Agency
  (info on benefits available)
• Department for Work & Pensions
  (info on benefits available)

Mental Illness

• BPD World
  For sufferers of bpd, borderline personality disorder but also for anyone with mental health problems.
• RETHINK
  National advice line Tel: 020 8974 6814 (open 10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday) or e-mail advice@rethink.org

Tourette Syndrome

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