Self Help Sites

Self Help Sites

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NEW Carers Expert- By Experience sister site This site will be where you will find carers stories. It is new at the moment and will be added to shortly

http://www.livinglifetothefull.com/elearning Living Life to The Full On-line is a powerful new life skills resource. The course has been written by a psychiatrist who has many years of experience using a Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) approach and also in helping people use these skills in everyday life. Sign-up now for free

http://www.fiveareas.com/site Supporting health care professionals who work using self-help approaches. Sign-up now for free

Website for Emotions Anonymous can be found at http://www.emotionsanonymous.org

Samaritans Helpline (24 hrs): 08457 90 90 90 24/7 All-year local call rates - www.samaritans,org.uk

Self Help Leaflets http://www.nnt.nhs.uk/mh/content.asp?PageName=selfhelp

Alcoholics Anonymous http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/

Narcotics Anonymous http://www.ukna.org/

Talk to Frank http://www2.talktofrank.com/home_html.aspx

Supporting families affected by drug abuse http://www.adfam.org.uk/

SANELINE – 0845 767 8000 – 12 noon – 2am, every day of the year. The single largest database of health & social care agencies nationwide

Mental health charity launch e-mail support

SANE, the mental health charity has launched a new email support service to provide support and information to people affected by mental health problems, and is fully funded by The Vodafone UK Foundation charity. http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2531

Mentoring and mental health We run a mentoring project that supports young men recovering from mental health problems in London http://www.backtolife.org.uk

Mood Charting http://bipolar.about.com/cs/menu_moods/ht/bl-chartmoods.htm

http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/ MoodGYM is the first evidence-based, interactive CBT programme to be released free of charge to the public. MoodGYM was written partly to meet the needs of Australian service users living in remote areas far from psychiatric and psychological support services. The internet is one way of supporting such service users 24/7 at no cost. The mental health team at Canberra began in the early 1990s with extensive research into potential user communities before the site was developed and the project is award-winning in Australia. There have been formal evaluations and randomised controlled trials for MoodGYM and the efficacy and effectiveness of the intervention have been reported in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (2002, 2004), the British Medical Journal (2004), the British Journal of Psychiatry (2004) and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (2006). A major trial of MoodGYM with GP practices in NSW was held during 2003-2005. One of the principles of MoodGYM is that it is also intended to teach people how to prevent themselves from spiralling down into depression. It is aimed at younger people – although the average user age is 35 years old. Data gathered supports research projects, and so the project is self sustaining, benefiting both the user community and the research community

http://www.kpchr.org/feelbetter/ Overcoming Depression on the Internet (ODIN) (a site which teaches the art of just noticing and then applying positive counter thoughts for irrational thoughts) has two published trials. The first trial with no telephone contact for users had poor results. The second trial had regular telephone contact to encourage user participation and had much results.

PowerPoint presentation for MoodGYM – a multimedia appendix may be found in:

J Med Internet Res 2002;4(1):e3 http://www.jmir.org/2002/1/e3/

Evidence base for MoodGYM

Christensen H, Griffiths KM, Korten A
Web-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Analysis of Site Usage and Changes in Depression and Anxiety Scores ¹⁰J Med Internet Res 2002;4(1):e3 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2002/1/e3/

Wantland DJ, Portillo CJ, Holzemer WL, Slaughter R, McGhee EM
The Effectiveness of Web-Based vs. Non-Web-Based Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Behavioral Change Outcomes ¹¹J Med Internet Res 2004;6(4):e40 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2004/4/e40/

Christensen H, Griffiths KM, Korten AE, Brittliffe K, Groves C
A Comparison of Changes in Anxiety and Depression Symptoms of Spontaneous Users and Trial Participants of a Cognitive Behavior Therapy Website¹²J Med Internet Res 2004;6(4):e46
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2004/4/e46/

Christensen H, Griffiths KM, Jorm AF.Delivering interventions for depression by using the internet: randomised controlled trial ¹³BMJ. 2004 Jan 31;328(7434):265. Epub 2004 Jan 23. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprintsidebar/328/7434/265?HITS=10&eaf

Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, Anthony F Jorm, Kimberley Evans and Chloe Groves. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive-behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to depression: randomised controlled trial. ¹⁴Br J Psychiatry. 2004 Oct;185:342-9

Christensen H, Griffiths K, Groves C, Korten A. Free range users and one hit wonders: community users of an Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy program. ¹⁵

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2006;40 (1)

Griffith KM, Christensen H
Website Quality Indicators for Consumers
J Med Internet Res 2005;7(5):e55 http://www.jmir.org/2005/5/e55/

Clarke G, Reid Ed, Eubanks D, O'Connor E, DeBar LL, Kelleher C, Lynch F, Nunley S
Overcoming Depression on the Internet (ODIN): A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internet Depression Skills Intervention Program J Med Internet Res 2002;4(3):e14 <URL: http://www.jmir.org/2002/3/e14/>

Clarke G, Eubanks D, Reid Ed, Kelleher C, O'Connor E, DeBar LL, Lynch F, Nunley S, Gullion C
Overcoming Depression on the Internet (ODIN) (2): A Randomized Trial of a Self-Help Depression Skills Program With Reminders J Med Internet Res 2005;7(2):e16 http://www.jmir.org/2005/2/e16