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Cannabis

Lifebytes
www.lifebytes.gov.uk
UK government health website aimed at 11–14 year olds. Covers a range of issues from alcohol and drugs to sun safety.

Trashed
www.trashed.co.uk
Excellent website from the Health Education Authority. Straight information and facts on street drugs, what they are made from, the effects they can have and the risks involved in taking them, all done in a straightforward, non-preachy manner.

Child abuse

Kidscape
www.kidscape.org.uk
Advises on issues involving children’s safety, such as child abuse and bullying. Provides publications.

NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk
Information and advice to anyone, including children, concerned about a child at risk of ill-treatment or abuse.

Cocaine

Trashed
www.trashed.co.uk
Excellent website from the Health Education Authority. Straight information and facts on street drugs, what they are made from, the effects they can have and the risks involved in taking them, all done in a straightforward, non-preachy manner.

Cognitive behaviour therapy

Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
www.hope4ocd.com
US site offering help and information on treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Counselling

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
www.counselling.co.uk
Umbrella organisation for all forms of counselling and psychotherapy. Also responsible for compiling the UK Register of Counsellors.

Get Connected
www.getconnected.org.uk
Directly connects young people to services that can offer help and support. Especially able to help anyone who has run away, is thinking of running away or who has been kicked out.

Creative therapies

The Happiness Project
www.happiness.co.uk
Offers courses, workshops, seminars and coaching on success, happiness and relationships using creativity.

Happy Place
www.happyplace.net
Aims to be a community of sincere and trustworthy people who care about their own happiness and want to share their joy with others.

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
www.psychotherapy.org.uk
Supplies details of local registered psychotherapists and counsellors, including creative therapists.

Depression

Depression Alliance
www.depressionalliance.org
Run by fellow sufferers. Contains information about symptoms, treatments and local groups.

Manic Depression Fellowship
www.mdf.org.uk
Self-help organisation for people with manic depression and their friends and relatives. Provides information and details of local groups.

Wing of Madness
www.wingofmadness.com
Website about clinical depression. Click on 'Children' for the section aimed at younger sufferers.

Young Minds
www.youngminds.org.uk
A comprehensive site devoted to children and young people’s mental health problems.

Ecstasy

Mind, Body and Soul
www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/drugs/drugmenu.htm
UK government website with facts on many illegal drugs and the effects of taking them.

Trashed
www.trashed.co.uk
Excellent website from the Health Education Authority. Straight information and facts on street drugs, what they are made from, the effects they can have and the risks involved in taking them, all done in a straightforward, non-preachy manner.

Heroin

Mind, Body and Soul
www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/drugs/drugmenu.htm
UK government website with facts on many illegal drugs and the effects of taking them.

Trashed
www.trashed.co.uk
Excellent website from the Health Education Authority. Straight information and facts on street drugs, what they are made from, the effects they can have and the risks involved in taking them, all done in a straightforward, non-preachy manner.

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)

Mind, Body and Soul
www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/drugs/drugmenu.htm
UK government website with facts on many illegal drugs and the effects of taking them.

Trashed
www.trashed.co.uk
Excellent website from the Health Education Authority. Straight information and facts on street drugs, what they are made from, the effects they can have and the risks involved in taking them, all done in a straightforward, non-preachy manner.

Magic mushrooms

Mind, Body and Soul
www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/drugs/drugmenu.htm
UK government website with facts on many illegal drugs and the effects of taking them.

Trashed
www.trashed.co.uk
Excellent website from the Health Education Authority. Straight information and facts on street drugs, what they are made from, the effects they can have and the risks involved in taking them, all done in a straightforward, non-preachy manner.

Manic depression

Manic Depression Fellowship
www.mdf.org.uk
Self-help organisation for those with manic depression, their friends and relatives. Provides information and details of local groups.

Nitrites (poppers)

ABC of Drugs
www.channel4.com/health/drugs
Check out Channel 4's site for information on nitrites and other drugs.

Obsessions

Obsessive Action
www.obsessive-action.demon.co.uk
Information for people experiencing obsessive compulsive disorder or related disorders, their families, friends and interested professionals.

Occupational therapist (OT)

British Association of Occupational Therapists/College of Occupational Therapists
www.cot.co.uk
Offers advice on becoming more confident and independent through developing skills and interests.

Panic attacks

National Phobics Society
www.phobics-society.org.uk
Provide support and advice on anxiety disorders and associated phobias. The organisation is run by sufferers and ex-sufferers of anxiety disorders.

Phobia

National Phobics Society
www.phobics-society.org.uk
Provide support and advice on anxiety disorders and associated phobias. The organisation is run by sufferers and ex-sufferers of anxiety disorders.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Trauma After-Care Trust (TACT)
http://www.tacthq.demon.co.uk
Offers help and information to those suffering from post-traumatic stress.

Relaxation exercises

Stop, Go Home
www.channel4.com/health/stress
Channel 4’s site provides stress busters and information on relaxation.

Schizophrenia

National Schizophrenia Fellowship (NSF)
www.nsf.org.uk
Offers information, advice, support and services to people with severe mental health problems (England and Wales).

NSF (Scotland)
www.nsfscot.org.uk

NSF (specifically for young people)
www.at-ease.nsf.org.uk

School phobia/refusal

Young Minds
www.youngminds.org.uk
Go to 'In school, stay cool', which offers lots of advice and tips for children and young people with any worries about school.

Self-harm

Young People and Self-harm Information Resource Web Site
www.ncb.org.uk/selfharm/shgenaa.htm
International list of projects to help young people who injure themselves.

The Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
Contains reports on depression and suicide and offers youth packs for schools, which are designed to teach children about depression, anxiety and self-harm.

Sexual abuse

National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC)
www.napac.org.uk
Advice and support for adult survivors of any form of childhood abuse - sexual, physical or emotional.

Rape Crisis Federation
www.rapecrisis.co.uk
Rape Crisis Centres provide advice, information and counselling to anyone who has been raped or sexually abused, and their families, friends and partners.

Survivors UK
www.survivorsuk.co.uk
Helpline, counselling and support for men who have experienced any form of sexual violence.

Smoking

ASH (Action on Smoking and Health)
www.ash.org.uk
Want to quit? 120,000 people per year die from smoking-related diseases in the UK. Visit this site to learn more about the harmful effects of smoking.

Teenage Health Freak
www.teenagehealthfreak.org/
Aimed at young people. Visit 'Dr Ann's Virtual Surgery' for tips and advice on a wide range of issues.

Solvents

Re-solv
www.re-solv.org
Young people and parents can contact this organisation for advice and information on solvent misuse.

Stress

Anxiety–Panic–Stress
www.anxiety-panic-stress.com
Describes different forms of stress using case studies, plus FAQs and contacts.

BBC Health – Stress
www.bbc.co.uk/health/mental/stress.shtml
Provides ways of dealing with symptoms of stress.

Stop, Go Home
www.channel4.com/health/stress
Channel 4 site with wide range of advice, information and resources about stress.

Suicide

The Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
E-mail: jo@samaritans.org
Website contains reports on depression and suicide and offers youth packs for schools, which are designed to teach children about depression, anxiety and self-harm. If you feel desperate and need support, you can e-mail a Samaritan volunteer in confidence at any time of day or night.

Papyrus (Parents' Association for the Prevention of Young Suicide)
www.papyrus-uk.org
Promotes mental health and well-being and the prevention of young suicide. (Site is under construction.)

Youth counselling, advice and information centres

Get Connected
www.getconnected.org.uk
Organisation directly connecting young people to services that can offer help and support. Especially able to help anyone who has run away, is thinking of running away or who has been kicked out.

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