{"id":423,"date":"2021-11-22T17:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2022-11-28T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:31:54","slug":"mental-health-carer-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/services\/information-for-carers\/mental-health-carer-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health carer resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Mental health carer resources<\/h2>\n<p>There are lots of resources and help out there for carers of people with mental health issues. Here are some that may be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Royal College of Psychiatrists<\/strong> have produced a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcpsych.ac.uk\/mental-health\/problems-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpful guides<\/a> to various problems and disorders.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>NHS<\/strong> has produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/publication\/carer-support-and-involvement-in-secure-mental-health-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toolkit<\/a> to provide clear information for carers, service users, service providers and commissioners about how carers of people who use secure mental health services should be engaged with, supported, involved and empowered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rethink<\/strong> (a mental health charity) have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/advice-and-information\/carers-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carer&#8217;s Hub<\/a> which has lots of useful information in.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MIND<\/strong> also have many resources for those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/information-support\/helping-someone-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helping a person<\/a> with mental health issues.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.choiceandmedication.org\/nhs24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Choice and Medication<\/a> gives information on mental health conditions and the medication used to treat them, and potential alternative treatments.<\/li>\n<li>Rights under the <strong>Mental Health Act<\/strong> are summarised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/advice-and-information\/rights-restrictions\/mental-health-laws\/mental-health-act-1983\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For people coping with a <strong>pleural mesothelioma diagnosis<\/strong>, there are resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pleuralmesothelioma.com\/cancer\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health carer resources There are lots of resources and help out there for carers of people with mental health issues. Here are some that may be useful: The Royal College of Psychiatrists have produced a series of helpful guides to various problems and disorders. The NHS has produced a toolkit to provide clear information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":398,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions\/663"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfmc.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}