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Help with mental health problems (PDF)

www.adviceguide.org.uk/h_help_with_mental_health_pro...

Information on the help that may be available for mental health problems including the right to not be unfairly treated because of mental illness.

Adviceguide from Citizens Advice www.adviceguide.org.uk/

Mental health

www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/mentalhealth

Includes information about anxiety and stress, depression, body image and self esteem, self harm, and eating disorders.

TheSite www.thesite.org

The Mental Health Act 1983 - an outline guide

www.mind.org.uk/help/rights_and_legislation/mental_h...

Gives an outline guide to the main provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 as they affect formal patients and their relatives.

Mind www.mind.org.uk

Mental health - Mind legal unit FAQs

www.mind.org.uk/help/legal_unit/faqs

Answers frequently asked questions about your right to refuse treatment or question your diagnosis, correcting your medical records, and how you can get a new GP or a second opinion.

Mind www.mind.org.uk

Legal briefing: nearest relatives under the Mental Health Act 1983

www.mind.org.uk/help/rights_and_legislation/nearest_...

Explains the rights given to the nearest relative of somebody held under the Mental Health Act, how you work out who that is, and your rights as the nearest relative to get a relative discharged from hospital under certain circumstances.

Mind www.mind.org.uk

Your human rights - a guide for people living with mental health problems (PDF)

www.bihr.org.uk/sites/default/files/bihr_mental-heal...

Many situations experienced by people living with mental health problems involve human rights. Too often a person may not realise that they are able to do something about their situation, or even that there is something wrong with the way they are being treated. Provides practical information about how human rights can help.

British Institute of Human Rights www.bihr.org.uk/

Deprivation of liberty safeguards - a guide for families and carers (PDF)

www.elderabuse.org.uk/Documents/AEA%20documents/AEA%...

Explains what rules are in place to protect people who can't make decisions for themselves and are deprived of their liberty in a hospital or care home.

Action on Elder Abuse www.elderabuse.org.uk/index.htm