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Book on Prescription
A new scheme covering the whole of Hertfordshire. Your doctor will suggest the best book for you and will give you a 'prescription' which you can take to your local library to get the book. If you are not familiar with the library the library staff will help you find the book on the shelves. Take the book to the counter to be stamped out. If the book is not on the shelf the library staff will reserve it for you free of charge.
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Carers in Hertfordshire
A organisation for Carers in Hertfordshire.
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Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council's Website.
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Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPT)
The Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPT) including Children's Services, Mental Health Services and Specialist Learning Disability Services.
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Herts Mind Network
The Herts Mind Network is a mental health charity providing a diverse range of Recovery orientated services in Dacorum, South West Herts, East Hertsmere and South East Herts
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Mental Health Dacorum & St Albans UK
Helping to break the link between disability and poverty.
Information, jokes and links for users, carers and survivors.
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Mental Health Survival Guide - Watford UK
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Mind in Mid Herts
Mind in Mid Herts helps people suffering from mental health issues in St Albans, Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Hertford and Stevenage by providing support, advice and information.
Services offered by Mind in Mid Herts include computer training, courses, drop-in centres and employment advice for people with mental health issues. The charity launched an exercise project in 2008 to help people tackle mental health issues through sport.
The charity also runs various projects at mental health units, including free computer facilities at QE2 and Lister Hospital, and a project to help people regain their independence at QE2 hospital, Lister hospital and Albany Lodge Acute Admissions Clinic.
Mind in Mid Herts was formed from the amalgamation of Mind in Welwyn Garden City/ Hatfield and Mind in St Albans in April 2007. It is a a registered charity (no. 1081277) and an affiliated local association of Mind, the national mental health charity.
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Mind Matters
Information about mental health in Beds, Herts and Bucks on the BBC website
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POhWER
POhWER is an independent advocacy agency based in Hertfordshire.
They offer Generic one to one advocacy, Independent Person Advocacy and the Empowerment services throughout Hertfordshire.
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Recovery In-Sight Centre
The Recovery In-Sight Centre is a service user-led socially-orientated company which offers training products and training services, self-help and peer support, research, and advisory services on practice and service development in the area of recovery.
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The Cinema Exhibitors' Association Card
This is a national card that can be used to verify that the holder is entitled to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. People with a Disability Living Allowance can apply.
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Benefits and Work
Free guides: disability living allowance, attendance allowance, incapacity benefit & employment. Plus training, news and forums. For people with long-term physical or mental health conditions, carers and support workers.
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Entitled To
EntitledTo provides free calculators to help you work out your entitlement to benefits and tax credits. Follow the links below to see what you could claim.
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Guideposts Trust
Guideposts Trust exists to provide direct services in the community for people with or recovering from mental health issues, for people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, for people with a learning disability and for children with special needs. They believe that all people have a right to an equality of opportunity.
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Human Rights for people with mental health problems
A guide produced by the British Institute for Human Rights which look at the issues relevant to people with mental health problems
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Mental Health TV
Mental Health TV aims is to produce high quality programmes which are interesting, informative and educational. They include interviews with service users talking about their mental health. Membership and fast connection may be required
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Mind
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
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Mindful Employer
MINDFUL EMPLOYER® is open to any employer in the UK, whether small, medium or large, private, public or voluntary sector. MINDFUL EMPLOYER is facilitated by Workways which provides information, advice and practical support for people whose mental health affects their ability to find or remain in employment, training, education and voluntary work. Workways is run and managed by Devon Partnership NHS Trust and MINDFUL EMPLOYER is a Registered Trade Mark of Devon Partnership NHS Trust. The name MINDFUL EMPLOYER® and the logo can only to be used by signatories to the Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health and supporting organisations who have signed our Partnership Agreement.
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MultiKulti
The Multikulti website aims to support citizenship through the delivery of culturally appropriate and accurately translated information in the following areas of welfare law — debt, employment, health, housing, immigration and welfare benefits.
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One in Four
One in Four offers a voice to and support for people who have experienced sexual abuse and sexual violence. One in Four is an organisation run for and by people who have experience of sexual abuse. We exist to give voice to the experience of people who have been sexually abused and to provide a space which by its very existence challenges feelings of shame and self blame.
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Papyrus
PAPYRUS is a voluntary UK organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of mental health and emotional wellbeing. It has a helpline open 7pm-10pm Mon-Fri & 2pm-5pm Weekends on 0870 170 4000
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Rethink
Severe Mental Illness - Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, to recover a better quality of life.
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Royal College of Psychiatry - Glossary of mental health professionals
This page explains about the professionals which may be involved in your care
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Sane
SANE has three objectives:
To raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families, improve education and training, and secure better services.
To undertake research into the causes of serious mental illness through The Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research.
To provide information and emotional support to those experiencing mental health problems, their families and carers through SANELINE.
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Shift
Shift is a new, five year initiative (2004-2009) in England to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues.
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Students in Mind
Students in Mind is a new national charity specifically for the 7 million students in Further and Higher Education. 1 in 4 students will experience some form of mental distress. Students in Mind is here to help the 1 in 4.
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The Mental Health Foundation
The biggest, most comprehensive website on mental health (and mental illness) in the UK.
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The National Homelessness Advice Service
The National Homelessness Advice Service (NHAS) offers advice agencies in England the specialist support and professional resources necessary to enable them to give the most appropriate, accurate and timely housing advice to people.
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The Virtual Ward
The Virtual Ward is a place to share good practice between staff and people who use mental health services. The site is designed for all to access information about positive and innovative practice, to read supporting policy and to utilise the examples of training underpinning those examples.
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Together UK
A national charity which provides a wide range of mental health services and works to influence national mental health policy and improve practice in mental health care - NEW NAME FOR MACA
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Your Rights - Liberty
This website aims to provide an easily understood guide to the Human Rights Act 1998, explaining its relevance and impact in many different areas of law ranging from rights of privacy to rights of peaceful protest.
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'Lithium' Rock mental health!
Zak on drums and Bob Houlston on guitar/vocals. Bipolar is the new Rock 'n' Roll ! ;)
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Free Screenreader for Home Use
For people who may have visual impairments, to help the access websites
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World Federation for Mental Health
The WFMH was founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health. The WFMH is responsible for World Mental Health Day
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