MENTAL HEALTH
This page is intended to give you details of organisations,
web sites, and books that we find helpful, and use or recommend routinely
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
For an excellent web site which is full of information about
depression and anxiety and is very informative for younger patients/adults
with depression and anxiety, the web address is: www.studentdepression.co.uk/site/
Our own web site has information on mental health problems and this can be accessed through the Health Advice pages: http://www.bradfordstudenthealthservice.co.uk/advice/index.html
SELF TREATMENT OF LOW MOOD AND DEPRESSION
There is a book called "Mind over Mood" Guilford
Press ISBN 0-89862-1283. This book is a self help course of CBT (cognitive
behavioural therapy).This is thinking therapy for low mood and depression.
It can be used as a treatment in its own right but can also be used
alongside prescribed medication if needed. The University library does
have a couple of copies, or it can be purchased online or from various
bookshops without difficulty
A similar course of CBT can be accessed online through an Australian web site called "the mood gym". This is currently a free service, however you have to have an e-mail address and register using a username (you don't have to use your real name for the username). The web address is: www.moodgym.anu.edu.au/ or www.livinglifetothefull.co.uk
COUNSELLING
Counselling provides an opportunity to talk confidentially
and in private about any matter which may be causing concern. The counsellor
will offer an understanding and caring atmosphere, and will listen
carefully to all that you need to say. The aim of the process is to
help you understand your situation to the point that you can see for
yourself the most appropriate course of action
Counselling for Bradford University / college students is also available through the student counselling service. This is run and funded by the University for its students. The counsellors are fully trained (they are not students). Telephone 01274 235750, or for information about their services see their web site: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/counselling/
They have a team of male and female counsellors. Appointments are based on hour-long interviews. Everything that takes place during counselling is treated with respect and complete discretion. No contact will ever be made with any other person without your knowledge or agreement
BEREAVEMENT
CRUSE is a national organisation with offices across the UK. Their
aim is to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief
and cope with their loss. The organisation provides counselling and
support. Web site: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/index.html
SELF HELP BOOKS
This is a list of self help and information books which we have found
useful and which have been recommended by patients. A note from us:
most books are available at substantially lower prices from web book
dealers such as Amazon (for example normal retail £6.99, Amazon retail
£3.99)
Anxiety & Stress
Feel the fear and do it anyway. Susan Jeffers 1997 Rider & Co (£6.99)
Overcoming Shyness and Social Anxiety. Gillian Butler 1997 Robinson
Overcoming anxiety: a five areas approach. Williams 2003 (£19.99)
Managing stress. Markham 2003 (£9.99)
Depression
Mind Over Mood: Change the way you feel by changing the way you think.
Christine Padesky & Denis Greenburger 1995 Guildford Press (£18.95)
Overcoming depression: a five areas approach. Williams 2001 (£19.99)
Assertiveness
Manage your mind. Butler et al 2002 (£16.99)
Self Esteem
Overcoming low self esteem. Melanie Fennell 1999 Robinson Therapy
Eating disorders
Getting better bite by bite: Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia
Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders. Ulrike Schmidt 1993 Psychology
Press Ltd (£12.95)
Source: www.leedsstudentmedicalpractice.co.uk
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Direct 0845 46 47 www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
