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Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This section has information on borderline personality disorder (BPD), including symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Depression with psychotic symptoms

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This information explains what depression with psychotic symptoms is, its symptoms and, how it is treated.

Getting help for someone in a mental health crisis

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 11/07/2025

You might know someone who’s 18 or over, lives in England and is experiencing a mental health crisis. They might need urgent help and support. This section gives you information on who to contact.

Bipolar disorder

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This section explains the symptoms of bipolar disorder, treatments and ways to manage the condition.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This information explains what Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is, its symptoms and how it is treated.

Eating disorders

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This section is about eating disorders, their symptoms and treatment.

Schizoaffective disorder

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

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.

Mendos

Services and Groups |Last updated: 17/07/2023

MENDOS provides support, information and advocacy for people aged 18+ who live in Brighton and Hove, who have mental health challenges who are involved with the criminal justice system. We work with people who are on probation, going through the courts, or have recently been released from prison or discharged from secure psychiatric hospitals. You can download our MENDOS service leaflets and referral form from the 'Our downloads' section below. MENDOS can help you get back into the community after discharge from probation services or prison. Through joint working with other partners and services locally. We can provide a range of support. This can include: • Connect with you through 12 weeks of one-to-one support. • Information about your rights. • Support your learning through education, training or volunteering opportunities. • Support you in being active with information about debts and housing services. • Support with statutory benefits and grants. • Give you self-help tools and coping strategies. • Provide advice and signpost to appropriate services relating to your medication diagnosis and other treatment. • Provide peer support courses / workshops

Psychosis

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This section covers what psychosis is and how you can get treatment.

Schizophrenia

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

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

Schizophrenia - The key facts

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

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

Depression

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

This section explains the causes and symptoms of depression and how it’s treated.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 10/07/2025

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety related disorder. This section gives information on the symptoms, causes and treatments for OCD. It also has information for carers and family members.

“I’ve learnt and am still learning to embrace my grief” – Karen’s story

Last updated: 10/09/2024

How can I get urgent help for my mental health?

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

How can I get urgent help for my mental health? This information tells you how you can get urgent help for your mental health. It is for people who are 18 or over and live in England. You might need urgent help for your mental health for different reasons. You could be very worried about thoughts ofsuicideorself-harm, or be experiencing mania orpsychosis. You...

Charities call for an independent inquiry into welfare related deaths

1 min read |Last updated: 11/03/2020

21 leading charities and mental health organisations, including Mind, Liberty and the Trussell Trust are backing a campaign by Rethink Mental Illness calling for an independent inquiry into the deaths of vulnerable people who rely on support from the welfare system. The charity has also written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions expressing...

Charity warns rising demand for support signals a looming mental health crisis, urges people to seek support if they’re struggling

1 min read |Last updated: 27/10/2020

Over 2.3 million people visited rethink.org for advice and information in the six months after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the country would go into lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Demand for advice and information doubles compared to the six-month period that preceded the pandemic. Rethink Mental Illness has experienced...

Gloucestershire Support After Suicide Service

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

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...

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...

Mental health rehabilitation must be transformed so most vulnerable are no longer invisible in the system

1 min read |Last updated: 25/02/2020

Patients with the most severe and enduring mental health problems are effectively “invisible” in the health care system, reveals a new report published by Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). The report, In sight and in mind, shows that this is caused by a lack of national standards in mental health rehabilitation...

Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Brighton & Hove

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

The SOS service provides short term emotional support, information and advocacy to people aged 18+ who live in Brighton and Hove, who have thoughts of suicide or have made previous suicide attempts or those who have been bereaved by suicide. We offer psycho-social support to addresses the immediate crisis and provide ongoing support to help you manage your mental well-being. We accept self referrals or referrals from other services. We challenge the stigma attached to suicide by speaking openly about suicide, dispelling myths and giving useful and credible information. We provide support in a number of ways We can provide a range of 121 support. This can include: • Emotional support from our dedicated and qualified staff team • Signposting to other services or forms of help • Advocacy on your behalf should you need it • A recovery focused approach • Safety planning, self-management of pre-triggers. • Opportunities to become a volunteer and share your recovery journey and skills with others going through similar circumstances Our bereavement groups aim • To create a safe and supportive space where suicide bereavement and related issues can be explored • To empower group members to express their feelings • To explore choices and options • To connect people in the community and share experiences • To break down the stigma and taboo that can be associated with suicide and emotional well-being Groups will be maximum of six other members. This group will run with the same members for 5 weekly sessions then 7 monthly sessions, so we can support you for a period of time. We offer evening group sessions for those working or with other day time commitments. We run these groups regularly throughout the year. We offer to meet you individually before you join a group to make sure this is the group for you. You can download our SOS service leaflets and referral form from the 'Our downloads' section below.