It can be hard to know what to do when supporting someone with a mental health problem. Our information is aimed at helping friends, family, carers and others to give support and take care of themselves too.
Explains anger, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for help.
Explains anxiety and panic attacks, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for further support and treatment.
Provides information on bereavement and suggestions for how you can support someone through the grieving process.
Explains what bipolar disorder is and gives suggestions for how you can offer support. Also provides information on what treatments are available and how someone with this diagnosis can help themselves cope.
Explains Body dysmorphic disorder, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains what borderline personality disorder (BPD) is, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains how to cope when supporting someone else, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Explains depression, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains dissociative disorder, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains the mental health effects of recreational drugs and alcohol, and what might happen if you use recreational drugs and also have a mental health problem. Includes suggestions for where you might find support.
Explains eating problems, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains what it's like to hear voices, giving suggestions for how you can help someone and where they can go for treatment and support.
Explains hoarding, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for help.
Explains what talking therapies are, what happens during therapy, how to get the most from therapy and how to find a therapist.
Explains hypomania and mania, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Provides guidance on how you can support someone who is experiencing a mental health problem. Explains what mental health problems are, what may cause them, and the many different kinds of help, treatment and support that are available.
Explains obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Brief tips about panic attacks and what might help.
Explains paranoia, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Advice on supporting a friend or family member who is a parent with a mental health problem.
Information for friends and family who want to help someone with a personality disorder diagnosis.
Explains phobias, giving information on how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains postnatal depression, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains what post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD are, and gives suggestions for how you can offer support. Also provides information on what treatments are available and how someone with this diagnosis can help themselves cope.
Explains what PMDD is and gives suggestions for how you can offer support. Also provides information on what treatments are available and how someone can help themselves cope with PMDD symptoms.
Explains psychotic experiences, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains schizoaffective disorder, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains schizophrenia, giving practical suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains seasonal affective disorder, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains self-harm, giving suggestions for how you can support someone and where they can go for treatment and further support.
Explains how you can support someone with a mental health problem who is studying or considering becoming a student.
Explains how to support someone who is suicidal, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Guidance on offering emotional and practical support, what you can do when someone doesn't want to seek help, and supporting someone to seek help in a crisis. Also includes information about making empowered decisions and seeking help outside the NHS.
Guidance on how you can help someone who experiences tardive dyskinesia. Explains what it is, what causes it and what someone can do to manage it.