Search Results

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.

How do I manage hearing voices?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 13/05/2025

You might find these tips useful if you are currently hearing voices that are troubling you.

How do I manage thoughts of self-harm?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 13/05/2025

If you are having thoughts of self-harm, we have ways to help you manage your way through it.

How do I manage thoughts of suicide?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 13/05/2025

Read these tips if you are having thoughts of suicide.

Rethink Companions Carer service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Companions Carers support offers one to one advice and signposting on all carers issues and the opportunity to attend the “Caring and coping” course that covers the following areas; • Wellbeing for carers • Carers rights • Carers assessment/benefits • Carers breaks.

Schizophrenia

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 12/05/2025

This section covers what schizophrenia is, what the symptoms are and how you can get treatment.

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.

Rethink Companions Befriending (East Herts)

Services and Groups |Last updated: 12/07/2024

Rethink Companions is a befriending service that helps people to re-engage with their local community through social activities. There is also a carers service that gives carers information and support through one-to-one meetings and facilitates the Rethink caring and coping course

How do I manage a panic attack?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 13/05/2025

This information might help if you are having a panic attack, and you are ‘in the moment.’

Gloucestershire Support After Suicide Service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 12/07/2024

Discrimination and mental health

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 12/05/2025

This section looks at what to do if someone has treated you unfairly because of your mental illness. It explains the Equality Act 2010 and how it might apply to you when you are at work, applying for jobs or using services.

Confidentiality and your mental health information

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 01/05/2025

Many different organisations will need to record information about you. For example, health professionals need to keep information about your treatment. This section explains how organisations should protect the information you give them.

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.

Driving and mental illness

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 08/05/2025

You must tell the DVLA if you a certain mental illness or if your medication affects your driving. This section explains how and when to do this.

Get help now

Advice and information |Last updated: 12/05/2025

How can I find local and online support?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 12/05/2025

How can I find local and online support? This information tells you how you can get local and online support for your mental health. It is for people who are 18 or over and live in England. Here find out about peer support groups and community support services. Also, local crisis houses, cafés, and helplines, and other ways of finding local services...

80% of people living with mental illness say current crisis has made their mental health worse.

1 min read |Last updated: 27/04/2020

Overwhelming majority of people living with mental illness say coronavirus pandemic has caused a deterioration in their mental health – first UK wide online peer support service launched in response Eighty percent (80%) of people living with mental illness who responded to a survey by charity Rethink Mental Illness said that coronavirus and the measures...

Our response to the Covid 19 pandemic

Last updated: 24/04/2025

Coalition calls for government strategy to tackle ‘causes rather than symptoms’ of deepening mental health crisis

1 min read |Last updated: 09/05/2025

Coalition of organisations representing people living with mental illness and other disabilities calls for strategy that identifies and tackles drivers of mental ill-health across education, health, welfare and more. The group warns against proposed benefit cuts, which they say could exacerbate the mental health crisis. Letter calls for...

Survey puts spotlight on “inordinate” strain NHS is under, as people severely affected by mental illness struggle to access essential support

1 min read |Last updated: 27/02/2023

Rethink Mental Illness call on government to keep its promise to publish a 10-year Plan for Mental Health and Wellbeing, that would challenge causes of mental illness and reduce demand on NHS. A new survey of over 200 people who experience severe mental illness, including diagnoses such as schizophrenia, bipolar and personality disorders, has shed more...

Mental Health Navigation: Deidre's story

Last updated: 10/09/2024

Charity warns that nation’s mental health has failed to rebound since the dark days of the pandemic

1 min read |Last updated: 16/11/2022

New online research by YouGov for charity Rethink Mental Illness reveals people more likely to report that their mental health has worsened since start of year, when the nation was in the midst of the Omicron wave and Plan B pandemic restrictions were in place National charity Rethink Mental Illness has warned the nation’s mental health has failed to...

Community Mental Health Webinar: What Next for Systems?

1 min read |Last updated: 15/08/2024

Community Mental Health Webinar: What Next for Systems? The drive to transform Community Mental Health services remains a crucial part of the NHS Long-Term Plan. At a time of great need and uncertainty, we ask leaders from across mental health systems; how do we continue to build on the momentum of transformation? What have been the key lessons learned...

2020 Resources and Reports

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2025

2020 Resources and Reports Managing a healthy weight in secure services Every Recovery and Outcomes Group has an engaging agenda that includes presentations by people living in services together with staff, and interactive discussions to maximise participation and involvement in key agenda items. In September/October 2019, for example, groups were...

I want to talk to someone for emotional support

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 12/05/2025

I want to talk to someone for emotional support This information tells you how you can get emotional support for your mental health. It is for people who are 18 or over and live in England. It can help to talk about how you feel. You can talk to trusted people in your life. But there are also helplines you can call who will listen to you without judging...

Search results for