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Specialist Area... Mental Health
 

General mental health links and resources...


Recovery Devon
 although based in Devon, England- this site is a great way in to understand the value and approach of the recovery movement in Mental Health- which is full of intuitively valauble elements for chaplains. (6/11)
Internet Links Mental Health A good site, this page offers a great range of links to information on virtually every classified type of Mental Health condition (6/11)
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. (Access via Athens or home organisations) but very few articles related to spirituality...) (6/11)

 
 

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-

 

   
       
       
       
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