Mental Health in Manchester www.mhim.org.uk

A ‘one stop shop’ website about mental health in Manchester offering easily accessible information about looking after your mental health, mental health problems, services in Manchester and information and services for young people. On the site, users will find links to useful factsheets, self help resources to download, translated and audio information.

Information about mental health, mental illness, treatments & support.

• Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
  http://www.mhsc.nhs.uk/

Mental health policy

• Young Minds. Information and discussion about mental health of children and young people.
  http://www.youngminds.org.uk/

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health, including mental health.
  http://www.nice.org.uk/

• Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. Influencing mental health policy generally, but especially in relation to employment and criminal justice
  http://www.scmh.org.uk/

• Care Services Improvement Partnership/National Institute for Mental Health England. Lots of information about mental health policy development with link to the North West branch.

• Royal College of Psychiatrists, with information about mental health and discussion of topical issues
  http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/

• The Mental Health Foundation, with information about mental health and discussion of topical issues
  http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

• The Centre for Public Mental Health. Useful for some data about mental health
  http://www.dur.ac.uk/mental.health/index.php

• Manchester Public Health Development Service. Detail about promoting mental health in Manchester.
  www.manchesterpublichealthdevelopment.org

• The National Mental Health Development Unit. National support for implementing mental health policy. http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/

Recommended Bibliography

You may want to read one of the following recommended books:

These are available at your local library as part of the ‘Health Matters’ information points.