A-Z of mental health
Information and advice on a huge range of mental health topics
I'm worried about the way I've been feeling or behaving
It can be frightening when you feel or do things that are out of character, or those around you are worried about you. Our information will help you understand your feelings and what you can do to get support. Choose one of the tabs below to get started or see our interactive pages if you need urgent help.
I feel confused or frustrated
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Anger
Explains anger, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Bipolar disorder
Explains bipolar disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Dissociative disorder
Explains dissociative disorders, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Hypomania and mania
Explains hypomania and mania, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Mental health problems - early signs
Explains the early signs of mental health problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Mental health problems - introduction
Explains the most commonly discussed mental health problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Paranoia
Explains paranoia, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Psychotic experiences
Explains pyschotic experiences, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Schizoaffective disorder
Explains schizoaffective disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Schizophrenia
Explains schizophrenia, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Stress
Explains what stress is, including possible causes, and how you can learn to cope, with tips on how to relax.
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Talking treatments
Explains what talking treatments are used for, what happens during therapy and how to find a therapist.
I feel like hurting myself
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Anger
Explains anger, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Borderline personality disorder
Explains Borderline personality disorder (BPD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Crisis services
A guide to crisis services with information about where you can go for support.
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Depression
Explains depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family
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Drugs - street drugs
Explains the mental health effects of street drugs, what might happen if you use street drugs and also have a mental health problem, and suggestions for where you might find support.
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Mental Health Act - the Mind guide
A guide to the Mental Health Act, with information about your rights and what you can do to get support
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Mental health problems - introduction
Explains the most commonly discussed mental health problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Self-harm
Explains self-harm, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Suicidal feelings
Explains what suicdal feelings are, including possible causes and how you can learn to cope.
I feel lonely
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Bereavement support
Gives information about where you can get support with bereavement
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Depression
Explains depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family
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Loneliness
Explains loneliness, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Self-esteem
Explains how to increase your self-esteem, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Talking treatments
Explains what talking treatments are used for, what happens during therapy and how to find a therapist.
I feel low
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Antidepressants
Explains what antidepressants are used for, how the medication works, possible side effects and information about withdrawal.
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Bereavement support
Gives information about where you can get support with bereavement
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Bipolar disorder
Explains bipolar disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Depression
Explains depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family
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Exercise
Brief tips to help you stay physically active.
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Food and mood
A guide to food and mood, with information about what you can do to get support.
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Loneliness
Explains loneliness, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Mental health problems - early signs
Explains the early signs of mental health problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Mental health problems - introduction
Explains the most commonly discussed mental health problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Postnatal depression
Explains postnatal depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Seasonal affective disorder
Explains seasonal affective disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and suport. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Self-esteem
Explains how to increase your self-esteem, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Sleep problems
Explains insomnia and other sleep problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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St John's Wort
This information explains what St John's wort is used for, how it works, possible side effects and interactions with other medicines.
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Talking treatments
Explains what talking treatments are used for, what happens during therapy and how to find a therapist.
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Wellbeing
Explains how to improve and maintain your mental wellbeing, whether you have a diagnosis of a mental health condition or not.
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Work
Explains how you can be mentally healthy at work, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
I feel stressed or anxious
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Anxiety and panic attacks
Explains anxiety and panic attacks, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Debt
Gives information about where you can get support with - and out of - debt when you have a mental health problem.
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Exam stress
These pages provide advice about how to prepare for exams, how to recognise if stress is getting out of hand, and what to do about it.
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Exercise
Brief tips to help you stay physically active.
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Hearing voices
About voices, who hears them and how to cope if they are a problem.
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Mental health problems - early signs
Explains the early signs of mental health problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Mental health problems - introduction
Explains the most commonly discussed mental health problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Explains obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Panic attacks
Brief tips about panic attacks and what might help
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Phobia
Explains phobias, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Explains post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
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Relaxation - tips
Brief tips to help you relax
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Self-esteem
Explains how to increase your self-esteem, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Sleep problems
Explains insomnia and other sleep problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
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Sleeping pills and minor tranquillisers
Explains what sleeping pills and minor tranquillisers are used for, how the medication works, possible side effects and information about withdrawal.
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Stress
Explains what stress is, including possible causes, and how you can learn to cope, with tips on how to relax.
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Stress- tips
Brief tips on how to cope with stress
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Student life
Explains the stress that students are likely to encounter as student life begins, and suggests ways of coping and where to go for support.
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Talking treatments
Explains what talking treatments are used for, what happens during therapy and how to find a therapist.
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Wellbeing
Explains how to improve and maintain your mental wellbeing, whether you have a diagnosis of a mental health condition or not.
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Work
Explains how you can be mentally healthy at work, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.