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Local information

Mind in Somerset

Mind in Somerset provides information about projects run by the mental health charity MIND in the Somerset area. Activities include support groups, art groups and coffee mornings. It also includes a quick guide to common mental health problems.

Mind Hearing Voices Peer Support Groups in Taunton, Bridgwater, Online and Yeovil

Mind Hearing Voices Groups provide a safe space for you to talk about your experiences. You may feel that sometimes these experiences are very distressing and overwhelming, but sharing this can help. On the other hand, you may feel that your voices are positive and supportive but still need an outlet to share with other people.

The group approach is to never assume to know how voices and visions affect people individually. Just as we are all different physically, we are also different mentally and the effects and the way we cope are also different.

Mind hopes that people joining its group will feel safe, accepted and able to share their experiences with other voice hearers. For more information contact hearingvoices@mindinsomerset.org.uk or complete a referral form on their website.

National information

Psychosis for young people

The Royal College of Psychiatrists – Psychosis in children and young people webpage is targeted towards young people who are experiencing symptoms of psychosis. It provides information about the symptoms and causes of psychosis.

Health Talk Online

Health Talk Online provides information about psychosis, including everyday coping strategies, recovery and people’s stories. It also includes a forum for blogs and discussion.

Rethink

The mental health charity Rethink provide fact sheets about a variety of mental health difficulties and a blog section where you can read and add comments to online diaries of people affected by mental illness. It also provides information for carers and find local services by typing in your postcode.

Mind

The mental health charity MIND provides both telephone and online helplines. It also provides fact sheets about a wide range of mental health difficulties in different languages, including comic-style booklets for young people. Advice for individuals who feel they are in a crisis is also available.

Lesbian and Gay Foundation

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation website contains lots of useful resources for young people, carers and professionals. There is an area on the website dedicated to providing information about mental health for LGB young people. The LGF also published a leaflet called ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People’ which can be downloaded from the website.

Other information

Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre

Orygen provide details on the latest news and research in the field of early intervention for psychosis. It provides references and reading materials regarding the principles of early intervention and provides fact sheets about psychosis. It is a comprehensive resource for professionals.

Have I got a problem

Have I Got a Problem is an excellent resource for people with mental health problems and addictions. It has lots of helpful tips, videos and personal stories.

Health Talk Online

Health Talk is run by the DIPEx charity with over 2000 real-life accounts of people’s experiences with physical and/or mental health problems. It also provides information for carers.

Healthy Place

Healthy Place – Auditory Hallucinations What’s It Like Hearing Voices is an article discussing the reality of hearing voices and how this is experienced by individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. It presents evidence of this through brain imaging studies and discusses theories on why people hear voices.

Intervoice Online

Intervoice focuses on helping voice hearers through providing information and techniques developed by voice hearers and professionals. It includes real-life stories of voice hearers and an online forum for people who experience voices.

Living Life to the Full

Living Life to the Full provides educational life skills through e-learning courses based on cognitive behavioural therapy principles. This site is aimed at individuals who feel dissatisfied with how they feel and how they live their lives. The topics covered include problem solving, assertiveness, healthy living and unhelpful and helpful behaviours.