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A professional organisation for family therapists in the UK

UK Psychotherapy registering body

A useful mental health resource with extensive information

We are a national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people under 25. We do this through giving advice, training, campaigning and distributing publications. Children and young people are at the heart of all YoungMinds decision-making.

Youth Access is the national membership organisation for young people's information, advice, counselling and support services (YIACS).

Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.

• advancing the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems

• challenging discrimination and promoting inclusion

• influencing policy through campaigning and education

• inspiring the development of quality services which reflect expressed need and diversity

• achieving equal rights through campaigning and education.

SANE has three objectives:

• To raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families and secure better services

• To undertake research into the causes of serious mental illness through The Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research

• To provide help and information to those experiencing mental health problems, their families and carers through SANEline and SANEmail.

A UK local counselling resource for children. Covers: Stockport, Cheshire, St Helens, Wirral, Halton, Warrington, Knowsley and Warwickshire

Royal College of Psychiatrists. A source of information on mental health conditions for children and adults.

JustParents is a friendly place to make new friends, meet other parents, swap parenting and pregnancy tips and advice, chat on our forums, read honest reviews, blog about your day, find the best deals and much more.

Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through this website.

The UK's largest charity working with and for older people

Supporting adoptive families before, during and after adoption

Welcome to Bullying UK, the nation's leading anti-bullying charity. We give vital advice and support to young people to help you overcome bullying, at school, in your community and on the internet. Our comprehensive website is also well used by parents and schools.

The Family and Parenting Institute is a charity aiming to improve the wellbeing of children and families in the UK. We are a catalyst for change, working to make the voices of families heard.

The BBC Parenting site. A huge resource for parents

Gingerbread is an organisation for Lone Parent Families

Access to UK public service information

Wilmslow Walks. Exercise for good mental health

Some advice about keeping children safe online. Know how your children use the internet.

Safety online.

List of Useful Websites:

Good Parenting

http://familylives.org.uk

www.patient.co.uk

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

The Restless and Excitable Child

http://familylives.org.uk

Dealing with Tantrums

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

Children who Wet or Soil Themselves

http://www.eric.org.uk/

www.nhs.uk

Sleep Problems in Childhood and Adolescence

www.netdoctor.co.uk

NHS Live Well Page

http://www.mumsnet.com/

Behavioural Problems and Conduct Disorder

http://www.justice.gov.uk/youth-justice

http://www.samaritans.org/

ADHD

http://www.addiss.co.uk/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

http://www.addresources.org/

http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/

The Child with General Learning Difficulty

http://www.cafamily.org.uk/

www.mencap.org.uk

http://www.edcm.org.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/

http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/

http://www.bild.org.uk/

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk//

Specific Learning Difficulties

http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/

Uk Department of Education

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

http://www.ipsea.org.uk/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

www.direct.gov.uk

RCPSYCH Learning Disabilities

Autism and Asperger Syndrome

http://www.autism.org.uk/

http://www.cafamily.org.uk/

http://www.researchautism.net/

RCPSYCH Learning Disabilities

Depression in Children

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

http://www.depressionalliance.org/

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

Worries and Anxieties

https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/

http://www.thesite.org/mental-health

http://www.childanxiety.net/

http://www.youthaccess.org.uk/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

Divorce and Separation

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

http://www.divorceaid.co.uk/

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en

http://www.nfm.org.uk/

http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/

Death and Bereavement

http://www.cruse.org.uk/

http://www.winstonswish.org.uk//

http://childbereavement.org/

Bullying

http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

https://www.kidscape.org.uk/

http://www.bullying.co.uk/

The Site Org - Beat Bullying

http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

Traumatic Stress in Children

www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

https://www.victimsupport.org/

http://www.youngcarers.org.uk/

Domestic Violence

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/

www.childline.org.uk

http://www.womensaid.org.uk/

http://www.thehideout.org.uk/default.aspa

www.samaritans.org.uk

https://www.victimsupport.org/

http://respect.uk.net/

http://www.youngcarers.org.uk/.

http://www.myhorridparent.com

Child abuse and Neglect

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/

http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

http://www.thehideout.org.uk/default.aspa

http://www.youngcarers.org.uk/

www.barnardos.org.uk

Drugs and Alcohol

http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/

http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

http://www.drinksense.org/en/

http://www.patient.co.uk/

http://www.nhs.uk/smokefree

http://www.talktofrank.com/

http://www.addaction.org.uk/

Self Harm in Young People

http://www.nshn.co.uk/

http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

http://www.youngminds.org.uk/

http://www.samaritans.org/

http://www.lifesigns.org.uk/

Psychosis

http://www.mind.org.uk/

http://www.talktofrank.com/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

Schizophrenia

http://www.mind.org.uk/

http://www.talktofrank.com/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

Bipolar Disorder in Children & Adolescents

http://www.bipolaruk.org.uk/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

http://www.rethink.org/

http://www.sane.org.uk/

OCD

http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/

http://www.ocduk.org/

Eating Disorders in Young People

http://www.b-eat.co.uk/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

Kings College Eating Dosorders Group

Chronic Physical Illness: effects on mental health

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

http://www.backuptrust.org.uk/home

http://www.cafamily.org.uk/

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

http://www.ayme.org.uk/

http://www.tymestrust.org/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

Parental Mental Illness: the problems for children

http://www.bipolaruk.org.uk//

http://www.carers.org/

http://www.rethink.org/

Surviving Adolescence – Resources for parents, teachers and young people

http://www.brook.org.uk/

Understanding Teenagers - Family Therapy UK

http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

https://www.kidscape.org.uk/

http://www.familylives.org.uk/

http://www.talktofrank.com/

http://www.youngminds.org.uk

http://www.yourteenager.co.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/