Useful websites

Websites with practical information:

• Young minds Young Minds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. They provide expert knowledge to professionals, parents and young people through our Parents’ Helpline, online resources, training and development, outreach work and publications.
• Youth.anxiety ‘We work to increase awareness about anxiety disorders, promote education, and increase access to evidence-based resources and treatment’ (Canadian)
• Anxietyuk. ‘we are a user-led organisation, run by sufferers and ex-sufferers of anxiety disorders, supported by a high-profile medical advisory panel’.
• healthadvice free to download leaflets and information from the royal college of psychiatrists on a range of mental health issues for children and young people
• mentalhealth/self-harm
• eatingdisorders