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Worried about your mental health? How to get treatment and support
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 08/05/2025
This section explains how you can get help if you are worried about your mental health. It explains about options for treatment and support. Such as seeing your GP, talking therapy, self-help and support from charities.
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Antipsychotics
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 01/05/2025
This section explains what antipsychotics are. Antipsychotics are medications often used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. They can also be used to treat bipolar disorder.
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Schizophrenia
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 01/05/2025
This section covers what schizophrenia is, what the symptoms are and how you can get treatment.
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Schizoaffective disorder
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 01/05/2025
This section explains what schizoaffective disorder is, and how to get help if you have the symptoms. This information is for people who are 18 or over and affected by mental illness in England. It is also for their loved ones and carers, and anyone interested in this subject.
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“Life can be normal again after post-partum illness” – Lani’s story
Last updated: 02/05/2024
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Our position on Oxevision, the new monitoring system in mental health units
1 min read |Last updated: 30/11/2023
New monitoring systems have been introduced in mental health units across the country in recent years, prompting concerns from campaigners. The technology, known asOxevision, uses infra-red sensitive cameras in people’s bedrooms to help staff visually confirm a person is safe, measuring vital signs - such as their pulse and breathing rate - without...
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From severe mental illness and blindness to being a CEO with vision: Carolyn's story
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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What is Traumatic or Complicated Grief?
Services and Groups |1 min read |Last updated: 27/10/2023
What is Traumatic or Complicated Grief? When you lose someone in a traumatic way such as through suicide, it can often make the bereavement more difficult to cope with than bereavement that happens as a result of other illnesses and this is called Traumatic or Complicated Grief. Traumatic grief can also happen with any other unexpected loss or when...
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What is Traumatic or Complicated Grief?
Services and Groups |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023
What is Traumatic or Complicated Grief? When you lose someone in a traumatic way such as through suicide, it can often make the bereavement more difficult to cope with than bereavement that happens as a result of other illnesses and this is called Traumatic or Complicated Grief. Traumatic grief can also happen with any other unexpected loss or when...
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"It is not shameful or weak to have a mental illness" – Nadia’s story
Last updated: 25/09/2024
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