General mental health links and resources...
Internet Links Mental Health One of the best link sites with information related to virtually every classified type of Mental Health condition.
Sestina- by Chris Southgate This is a poem specially commissioned from a poet who also works as a Mental Health Chaplain (to mark 50 years of the NHS)- a challenging view from the inside
Death of a Patient A poem written by Bob Whorton- Chaplain at Rampton Special Hospital (UK)
BBC HEALTH - Mental Health An excellent general resource, there is a particularly good feature on Schizophrenia
World-schizophrenia.org- Dealing with a Crisis Guidelines and sound advice when someone has a crisis.
What helps you cope with your illness? leaflet -the sort of leaflet one might adapt for use in a psychiatric ward setting?
Psychosis & Spirituality: Exploring the new frontier A book edited by Isabel Clarke with some interesting chapters of relevance to Mental Health Chaplaincy.
Evidence-Based Mental Health The international journal Evidence-Based Mental Health now available in full text on-line. (Free access now over- very few articles related to spirituality...)

Links specific to the UK...
Nigel Turner's HyperGUIDE to the Mental Health Act A good simple guide to what all those 'sections' mean...
(UK) Ashworth Special Hospital Report
UK Secure Units & MAP A simple list of UK secure units- We hope in future to dedicate a whole contact page to these sites-