About You – Learning for Self-Help and Recovery
Self-help can be as simple as learning to get more sleep or to drink less coffee or can involve structured programmes of learning and training to change the way we think and behave and the way we lead our lives.
Recovery:
Recovery from long-term mental health problems is about much more than the mere absence of symptoms. It is not about being fixed or back to normal. It is about having the chance to live a satisfying and fulfilling life, as defined by the individual, with or without symptoms.
Mental Health Problems arise when a problem, life event or situation, disrupts the way we think and feel. This can either be temporary – for example, following a bereavement – or be more enduring. Mental health problems can include suffering stress, constant worrying…
Improve Your Mental Health!
This section is dedicated to giving you information on improving your mental health, with advice on what to do when you visit the doctor, links beween physical health and mental health, quizzes, top tips and more.
Living Life to the Full
Over five thousand people are currently using this site to help themselves work around common problems and to improve their life skills.
Scottish Recovery Network (SRN)
The Scottish Recovery Network runs regular seminars, conferences and events for people in recovery, from sessions on small business enterprises to workshops on recovery itself.
Talking2Ourselves
This website provides help and information on mental health for young people. Designed by young people for young people it gives information and advice from a young person's point of view.
No Panic
No panic supports people with their Anxiety:
Anxiety is a common problem experienced by around one in ten of the population. It has many symptoms and different people experience…
A person with a panic disorder has panic attacks and is afraid that a panic attack might occur. A panic attack is a sudden onset of intense apprehension, fear or terror. These attacks can begin suddenly and develop rapidly. Symptoms…
Positive Pete
In collaboration with Penumbra and a group of young people the National Programme has created a profile page on Bebo to raise awareness of positive mental health and wellbeing, and help to create a young people’s ‘mental health movement’. It is targeted at young people aged between 13-18 years old. To find out more about the project visit Positive Pete's page on WellScotland.
Visit the forum at http://positive-twist.bebo.com
Self-help books
There are many different self-help books available and many people have found such guides invaluable to their recovery. Seach online or ask at your local library.
Top Tips
Useful suggestions for improving mental health and wellbeing.
How mentally healthy are you?
Try out our Quick Quiz to find out how well you cope with life's challenges. Go on – it's useful and fun!
News and Events
For the latest updates on work underway in mental health and health improvement in Scotland visit our news section or sign up to our monthly e-bulletin to get the news delivered straight to your inbox!
Find out what events, conferences are happening both nationally and in your area by seraching our events section.
More useful contacts...
Browse our A-Z of contacts or find local contacts by area.
Get Professional Help
Everyone can feel low, anxious or unable to cope from time to time. They're all normal responses to life's challenges.
However, if these feelings go on for more than a couple of weeks, we should seek professional support.
See your GP and be clear about how you feel. It can be hard to express ourselves properly in the short time doctors have to see us. Write down what you want to say before you go. Remember to ask what's available in addition to, or instead of, drug therapies.
Asking for help is a sign of strength and can be the first step to solving a problem.
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