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Advice, Treatments and Supports

With the right advice, support and treatment, most people recover from Mental Health Problems:
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…
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mental health problems
. Many more learn to live full lives despite having a diagnosis of a mental health problem.

Read on to find out about different types of treatments and support, how they can help and the care professionals you might meet.

Supports

Family and Friends
Befriending Projects
Community Care / Care in the Community

Community Mental Health Teams

Care Professionals

Community Mental Health Teams
Counsellors (and Psychotherapists)
Community Psychiatric Nurses
Psychiatrists

Psychologists

Treatments - what works?

Treatments that work for anxiety
Treatments that work for depression

Treatments - about treatments

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy

Drug Treatments
Electro-Convulsive Therapy ('ECT', 'Electric Shock Therapy')

Exercise
Treatment in Hospital

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  • Improve Your Mental Health
  • Treatments and Supports
    • Supports - Family and Friends
    • Supports - Befriending
    • Supports - Support in the Community
    • Care Professionals
    • Treatments - Anxiety
    • Treatments - Depression
    • Treatments - About Treatments
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