For confidential advice and help about the sensitive issues featured in A-Z of Your Head, contact these organisations

Antenna Outreach Service
The Antenna Outreach Service is a pioneering service for young black African and African Caribbean people aged between 16–25 years, who suffer from mental ill health. The service runs a Young People's Group that aims to involve users in developing innovative services.

9 Bruce Grove
Tottenham
London N17 6RA
Tel 020 8365 9537
Email: info@antennaoutreach.co.uk

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

CALM is a confidential telephone helpline service offering support and advice from sensitive, professional advisors to young men under 25 years old who are at the start of depression. The service is currently offered in Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Cumbria and Merseyside only.
Helpline: 0800 58 58 58
www.comcarenet.co.uk/trafford/therapy/calm.htm

Core Arts

Core Arts exists to promote, freely and without prejudice, the artistic and creative abilities of people who experience severe and enduring mental health problems. The organisation's aims are to

• use the arts to breakdown many of the prejudices associated with people with mental health problems and promote access and participation
• strengthen local networks to help members integrate into the community
• provide a supportive environment in which our members are able to express themselves and their ideas and know they will be heard and respected
• respond to our members' creative assets, drive and imagination and celebrate their talent and abilities through exhibitions and events
• Focus on quality and equality in all aspects of our work
• ensure the organisation's direction is dictated by those who use it

DEPRESSION ALLIANCE

This organisation works to relieve and prevent this treatable condition by providing information, support and understanding to those who are affected by it. Tel: 0845 123 23 20. All calls will be charged at the local rate.
www.depressionalliance.org/

LifeSIGNS (Self Injury Guidance & Network Support)

An Unincorporated Voluntary Organisation - which means we are an organisation, run by directors who volunteer their time, and are responsible for their own individual actions. We aim to support all people who are affected in anyway by self injury within the United Kingdom and beyond. We support people using self injury, and we support people who know self injurers and people (including Health Care Workers) who are interested in self injury.
www.lifesigns.org.uk/

Manic Depression Fellowship

A user-led organisation providing support nationwide. Established in 1983 the Manic Depression Fellowship (MDF) is a national user-led organisation and registered charity for people whose lives are affected by manic depression. MDF aims to enable people affected by manic depression (bi-polar) to take control of their lives through the services that we offer members. These include

• MDF self help groups
• information and publications
• employment advice
• the MDF Self Management Training Programme
• 24-hour Legal Advice Line for employment, legal, benefits and debt issues
• travel insurance scheme.

OCD Action

OCD Action is the national charity for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the related disorders such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP) and Trichotillomania.

OCD Action exists to provide information, advice and support for people with the above mentioned disorders and their family, friends and carers, as well as interested professionals. OCD Action also promotes awareness and understanding of OCD and related disorders. This website gives information on these disorders, and their treatment, for people who live with OCD, BDD or trichotillomania, be they adults or children, sufferers or carers.

Tel 020 7226 4000
www.ocdaction.org

The OCD Centre

We are a dedicated online, telephone and in-person treatment centre for individuals with anxiety conditions, particularly obsessive compulsive disorder. We are unique in that

• 80% of our staff have personal experience of OCD. Our experience of the condition and the lack of awareness and suitable treatment in the UK forced us to establish the OCD Centre. We didn't want to be affected anymore so we researched our condition, spoke to other people with OCD, researched approaches and treatment, tested the results, over and over again until we found a system that worked.
• we practise an innovative recovery and management programme based upon genuine experience and results
• Dr Jeffrey Schwartz, pioneering author of Brain Lock and The Mind & The Brain, responsible for some of the most significant scientific work and practice in the field of OCD, is our Chairman
• we offer online, telephone and in person treatment
• we utilise technology to keep our costs to a minimum so that our fees are relatively low

The National Phobics Society

NPS was estabished in 1970. Over the years we've grown to become the largest charity dealing with anxiety and phobias. We can provide support and help if you've been diagnosed with, or suspect you may have an anxiety condition. We can also help you deal with specific phobias such as fear of spiders, blushing, vomiting, being alone, public speaking, heights - in fact, any fear that's stopped you from getting on with your life.

Zion Community Resource Centre
339 Stretford Road
Hulme
Manchester, M15 4ZY
Tel: 0870 7700 456
Fax: 0161 227 9862
www.phobics-society.org.uk
Registered Charity Number 1018184

No Panic

No Panic is a totally voluntary charity, whose aims are to aid the relief and rehabilitation of those people suffering from Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, other related Anxiety Disorders, including Tranquilliser Withdrawal, and to provide support to sufferers and their families and or carers.

Helpline freephone: 0808 808 0545 / 10am - 10pm every day of the year
www.nopanic.org.uk/menu.htm

PAPYRUS

PAPYRUS is a voluntary UK organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of mental health and emotional wellbeing. Founded in 1997 by parents who had lost a son or daughter to suicide, PAPYRUS has three primary objectives:

• To provide assistance and resources to the professional and public sectors who care for teens and young people battling suicidal tendencies.
• To promote public awareness in the importance of emotional wellbeing and to campaign for improved mental health services in the UK for vulnerable young people.
• To provide an easily accessible route to information on suicide prevention and emotional wellbeing; from basic self-help resources, to guidance on seeking counselling and therapy.

STEADY (Support and Training for Elation and Depression in Youth)

STEADY is a self management training programme created and run by the Manic Depression Fellowship for young people with the mental health diagnosis of bipolar disorder (manic depression) or extreme mood swings.
Tel: 020 7793 2600
www.steady.org.uk

YoungMinds

Many people have ignored the mental health of children. But we know that children have minds of their own - and these days they have a lot on their minds. It isn't easy for children to grow up with today's pressures. Most of course cope well enough but there are many whose worries and fears get on top of them and they have trouble getting on with their lives. YoungMinds campaigns about the importance of children's mental health; the importance of recognising when a child is troubled and providing adequate support for these children before their problems escalate out of control.

Tel: 0207 336 8445
www.youngminds.org.uk/