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Benzodiazepines
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2026
This section gives information about benzodiazepine medication. Your doctor may prescribe benzodiazepines if you are experiencing severe anxiety or if you’re very distressed.
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Physical activity and mental health - Benefits, barriers, and practical tips
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2026
Learn how physical activity can support mental health, improve wellbeing, and reduce symptoms of mental illness. Includes benefits, risks, motivation tips, accessible activities, free or low-cost options, and support.
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Drugs, alcohol, and mental health
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 17/03/2026
This information looks at the links between alcohol and drugs use and your mental health. It also explains how you can get help for drug and alcohol use.
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NHS mental health teams - Community, crisis, and early intervention support
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2026
Mental health teams are part of the NHS. They support people living in the community who have complex or serious mental health problems. This section focusses on secondary mental health teams. What they can do to help you and how you can get referred to them. It also explains what to do if you have problems with your mental health team.
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Discrimination and mental health
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2026
This section looks at what to do if someone has treated you unfairly because of your mental illness. It explains a law called the Equality Act 2010 and how it might apply to you when you are at work, applying for jobs or using services.
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Prisoners - Suicidal thoughts - How to cope
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 23/03/2026
This section may help you if you are in prison and dealing with suicidal thoughts, feelings, or intentions. It has ideas you can try to help yourself. It explains how you can stay safe, and how you can get support. This information is for adult prisoners in England who are experiencing suicidal thoughts. It’s also for their loved ones, carers and anyone interested in the subject.
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Antipsychotics
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2026
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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Mental Health Act
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2026
This section is about detention under the Mental Health Act. This is sometimes called ‘sectioning’. We explain why you may be detained, and what rights you have. If you care for someone who has been detained, you might also find this information useful.
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Mental health care in prison
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 23/03/2026
This section looks at what healthcare you should get if you’re in prison. And at what to do if you aren’t getting the help you need. Prisoners should have the same access to healthcare as everyone else. This information is for people affected by mental illness in prison in England who are 18 or over. It’s also for their carers, friends and relatives and anyone interested in this subject.
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Mental Health Policy Group: 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review
Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 10/09/2024
Mental Health Policy Group: 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review The below submission to Comprehensive Spending Review sets out the priorities of Rethink Mental Illness and members of the Mental Health Policy Group. It covers several areas, notably capital investment in mental health services and in the social care and community services people severely...
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