Mental Health
Alzheimer's Society
Address: Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1PH
Telephone: 020 7306 0606 / 0808
Website: info@alzheimers.org.uk
Be Not Anxious
Address: 33 Broadway Avenue, Rainham, Kent, ME8 9DB
Befriending Network
Supports terminally-ill people and their carers
Address: 11 St. Bernards Road, Oxford OX2 6EH
Telephone: 01865 512 405
Combat Stress
Address: Pyrwhitt House, Oakdawn Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0BX
Telephone: 01372 841 600
Fax: 01372 841 60
Guideposts Trust Ltd.
Provides care and accommodation in the community for people released from mental institutions.
Address: Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxon., OZ8 4BH
Telephone: 01993 772 886
Fax: 01993 778 16
Email: gtp@guideposts.org.uk
Hearing Voices Network
For people who hear voices as a result of mental illness. Has several regional self-help groups and over 600 members, who receive a newsletter.
Address: c/o Creative Support, Fourways House, 16 Tariff Street, Manchester, M1 2EP
Telephone: 0161 834 5768
International Stress & Tension Control Society
Address: The Priory Hospital, Priory Lane, London SW15 5JJ
Mental Aftercare Association
Provides support for people over 65 released from mental hospitals.
Address: 25 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3HW
Telephone: 020 7436 6194
Mental Health Foundation
Free booklets.
Address: 20 Cornwall Terrace, London, NW1
Telephone: 020 7535 7400
MIND
Operates many local groups which offer support.
Address: 15-19 Broadway, London, E15 4BQ
Telephone: 020 8522 1728
Telephone: 08657 660 163
Email: contact@mind.org.uk
Website: www.mind.org.uk
National Schizophrenia Fellowship Advisory Service
Fees £12.
Address: 28 Castle Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, London KT1 1SS
Telephone: 020 8974 6814 (Mon-Fri 10am-3pm)
Telephone: 08657 660 163
Obsessive Action
Obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Address: PO Box 6097, London, W2 1WZ
SANE
Charity fighting prejudices surrounding mental illness.
Address: 2nd Floor, 199-205 Old Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5QP
Telephone: 020 7724 6520
Telephone: Helplines (2pm-Midnight, every day), (London), 08457 678 000 (out of London).
Threshold Women's Mental Health Initiative
National info-line on women and mental health, self-help & support groups, counselling organisations, medication and complementary therapies.
Telephone: 0845 3000 911 (Mon-Thurs, 2-5pm)
Triumph Over Phobia - TOP
Address: UK PO Box 1831, Bath BA2 4YW
Telephone: 01225 330 353
Fax: 01225 469 21
Email: triumphoverphobia@compuserve.com
Website: www.triumphoverphobia.com
World Federation for Mental Health
Address: 1021 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA, USA