Useful contacts for siblings

Rethink Sibs is the only UK community for siblings who have a brother or sister affected by severe mental illness.

We also work with other charities who are concerned with sibling's needs and mental health. Here are a few links siblings may find useful:

Rethink Mental Illness - our main website with information for everyone affected by mental illness, including people with experience of mental illness and carers
www.rethink.org
Sibs - a charity for brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults
www.sibs.org.uk
Siblings Australia - a website and services for brothers and sisters affected by special needs, with some information for siblings affected by mental illness
www.siblingsaustralia.org.au
The Institute of Psychiatry
www.iop.kcl.ac.uk
Royal College of Psychiatrists
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
National Perceptions Forum - a forum to give a voice to anyone who hears voices or perceive things that others do not in the form of a mental illness
www.voicesforum.org.uk
Hearing Voices Network - provides support and information for anyone who hears voices
www.hearing-voices.org
Contact a Family - provides advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children, including information about siblings
www.cafamily.org.uk