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Alcohol and mental health

How alcohol affects your brain, your body and your mental health, and how to get help if you're worried about your drinking.

Anorexia nervosa

The symptoms and causes of anorexia, what help is available and ways you can look after yourself.

Anxiety

The symptoms and causes of anxiety, and what help is available.

Armed forces and mental health

How the mental health of people in the armed forces can be affected, and getting support.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

The symptoms and causes of ADHD, ADHD and other mental health problems, getting support and helping yourself.

Autism and mental health

What is autism, autism and mental health, ways you can look after yourself and support that is available.

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Bipolar disorder

The symptoms and causes of bipolar disorder, and getting support.

Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities

Rates of mental ill-health for people from a BAME background, things that can affect the mental health of people from BAME communities, and barriers they can face when getting support.

Body image

What body image means, how it affects your mental health and what causes body image concerns.

Bulimia nervosa

The symptoms and causes of bulimia, and support that is available.

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Children and young people

Things that can affect children and young people’s mental health, common mental heath problems, and what help is available.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

What CBT is, how it is different to other therapies, and what CBT can help with.

Crisis care

What to do if you need urgent help for your mental health, and how to plan for a crisis.

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Debt and mental health

How debt can affect your mental health, how mental health problems can affect your finances, and getting support.

Dementia

The symptoms of dementia, treatment for dementia, and how to support someone with dementia who has mental health problems.

Depression

The symptoms and causes of depression, getting support and ways you can look after yourself.

Diet and mental health

Exploring the link between diet and mental health, and tips around eating well.

Drugs and mental health

Why people take drugs, how recreational drugs can affect your mental health, and getting support.

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Eating disorders

Symptoms and causes of eating disorders, and help that is available.

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Friendship and mental health

Talking to friends about your mental health, and supporting a friend who has a mental health problem.

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Gambling and mental health

The causes of problem gambling, how it can affect your mental health, and getting help.

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Hearing voices

What it's like to hear voices, why people hear voices and getting support.

Housing and mental health

How housing problems can affect your mental health, what you can do about housing problems, and finding suitable housing if you have a mental health problem.

Human rights and mental health

The Human Rights Act, how the Human Rights Act protects people with mental health problems, and knowing your rights.

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Kindness

What do we mean by ‘kindness’, acts of kindness, being kind to yourself, and what are the benefits of kindness.

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Loneliness

What is loneliness, how to cope with loneliness and how to support someone else who is feeling lonely.

Long-term physical conditions and mental health

What long-term physical conditions are, how they can affect your mental health and getting support.

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Medication for mental health problems

The different types of medication and how to decide which, if any, is the right one for you.

Men and mental health

Why men don't talk about mental health, how depression effects men, suicide rates among men, and how you can look after yourself or somebody else.

Menopause

Symptoms of the menopause, how the menopause can affect your emotional and mental health, and getting help with menopausal symptoms.

Mental capacity

The causes and potential consequences of a lack of mental capacity, and how you can plan ahead.

Mental health in later life

What might affect your mental health in later life, mental health problems in later life and what you can do to improve your mental health in later life.

Mindfulness

The benefits of mindfulness and how to practice it.

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Nature and mental health

The positive impact of nature on your mental health, and how you can develop your connection with nature.

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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

The symptoms and causes of OCD, and getting support.

Online mental health support

All kinds of online support are available - information and apps, one-to-one support and therapy, self-help programs and communities.

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Panic attacks

What a panic attack feels like, what causes panic attacks and getting support.

Parenting and mental health

How mental health problems might affect your parenting, looking after yourself, how children can be affected and practical ways to help your children.

Peer support

Different types of peer support, what peer support can help with and how to find peer support.

Personality disorders

The symptoms and causes of personality disorders, and getting support.

Pets and mental health

How a pet can help your mental health, deciding if having a pet is right for you, and options if you can’t have a pet.

Physical activity and mental health

How active you should be, and things to consider before getting started.

Physical health and mental health

How your mental health affects your physical health, and what you can do to help yourself.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

The symptoms and causes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), getting support for PTSD and ways you can look after yourself.

Postnatal depression

What postnatal depression means. the causes of postnatal depression, getting support and ways to help yourself.

Prevention and mental health

What prevention means, preventative measures to help yourself, and changes society can make to prevent mental health problems.

Psychosis

The causes of psychosis and getting support.

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Recovery

What is recovery, what might help with my recovery and what support is available.

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Schizophrenia

The symptoms and causes of schizophrenia, getting support and ways you can look after yourself.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

The symptoms and causes of SAD, getting support and ways you can look after yourself.

Self-harm

What self-harm is, why people do it, and getting support.

Self-management of mental ill-health

What self-management is and how self-management courses work.

Sleep and mental health

What can cause sleep problems and how to improve your sleep.

Smoking and mental health

Why smoking is so addictive, and ways to help you quit.

Stigma and discrimination

How stigma and discrimination affect people with mental health problems, why people with mental health problems are discriminated against, and what you can do about stigma and discrimination.

Stress

The causes of stress, the signs of stress, the affects of stress, and help that is available.

Suicidal thoughts

What it means to be suicidal, and what you can do if you or someone you know is feeling suicidal.

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Talking about mental health

How you should talk about mental health, phrases to use and avoid, and how to talk to someone you’re worried about.

Talking therapies

Who can benefit from talking therapy, different types of talking therapy, how to find a therapist and what happens in talking therapy.

Talking to your GP about your mental health

Getting the most out of your appointment with your GP, what might happen during your GP appointment, and finding a GP.

Trauma

What trauma means, how trauma might affect you, the long-term effects of trauma and getting support.

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Welfare and mental health

Information about benefits you may be able to claim if you have a health condition or if you are on a low income.

Women and mental health

Issues that affect women's health and women's mental health, and getting support.

Work-life balance

What a good work-life balance means, how you can help yourself and how your workplace can help.