Mental Health Organisations

Webpage by a group of political activists who set up their own peer-support network to deal with the psychological consequences of being politically active outside the parliamentary system. Problems described include the consequences of living class struggle and being exposed to attacks by police.

Asylum, the magazine was set up by a group of sufferers and professionals and much influenced by the “antipsychiatry” movement.
It describes itself as an international magazine for democratic psychiatry, psychology, education and community development.

News-orientated website aiming to be a portal for original news on mental health issues relevant to Black communities. BMH UK also provides general background information and initiates campaigns aiming to change things for the better.

A local mental health charity in Leatherhead, Surrey. It was set-up after the local asylums of the Epsom Cluster closed and was inspired by the so-called clubhouse movement.

The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) brings together groups and organisations in England that are run by users and survivors of mental health services in one national network.

NSUN is itself a user-led initiative and aims to provide support to existing user-led groups and helps build capacity within the service user movement but does not represent the user movement and is not the voice of this movement.

The 'see me' campaign was launched in October 2002 to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental ill-health in Scotland. The campaign is run by an alliance of five Scottish mental health organisations: Highland Users Group (HUG); National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland); Penumbra; the Royal College of Psychiatrists (Scottish Division)and the Scottish Association for Mental Health.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2007 was a huge success.
The festival involved over 60 organisations, including Testimony- 40 events and attracted around 5000 attenders, very positive media coverage, and significant interest from artists, people with experience of mental health problems, organisations and funders.

Survivor Research offers consultancy services in mental health research, evaluation, organisational development and service audits. They specialise in foregrounding the perspectives of Black and Minority Ethnic service users and survivors in the thinking and innovation around mental health, well being and recovery.

Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live.