Internet Mental Health: www.mentalhealth.com
Internet Mental Health is an award-winning site that provides a wealth of information on mental and emotional disorders and their treatment. There is a large section on medication and side effects. There is information on 52 types of mental disorders which includes descriptions, diagnosis, treatments, and research findings. The site includes an "online diagnosis" feature that, as the site notes, is not a substitute for seeing a trained mental health professional.

Mental Health Care: www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk
Mental health information and the latest research from the Institute of Psychiatry and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. This site is particularly suited to the friends, family and carers of anyone with a mental illness.

Mind: http://www.mind.org.uk/

The Royal College of Psychiatrists: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfo.aspx

The Institute of Psychiatry: www.iop.kcl.ac.uk, www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/virtual
The Institute of Psychiatry is part of King's College London. It offers postgraduate courses in psychiatry and related areas, as well as conducting research in these fields. There are some links to various help organisations, but this site is primarily for people interested in studying psychiatry.

Turning Point www.turning-point.co.uk, New Loom House, 101 Backchurch Lane,
London E1 1LU, Tel: 020 7702 2300, Email: info@turning-point.co.uk
Turning Point is a large national charity helping people with drink, drug, mental health and learning disabilities. They provide services as well as a list of services in a given area.

Children and Young People

At ease: www.rethink.org/at-ease
Rethink's project aimed at teenagers, this site provides quizzes and information on mental health, given in a teen-friendly manner. There is also a section on being 'at ease' and coping 'with what life throws at you'.

Great Hormond Street Hospital: http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/
(Mental and General Health Advice for Families, Children and Teenagers). Aimed at teenagers, this website acts as a one-stop educational resource, signposting users to further sources of specialist help and information. The content, which has all been clinically approved by Great Ormond Street Hospital, in collaboration with other organisations, covers many aspects of mental health related conditions, treatments and therapies.

Young Minds: http://www.youngminds.org.uk/ 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA, Tel: 020 7336 8445
YoungMinds is a national charity that promotes the mental health of children and young people. Resources available include on-line leaflets, resource sheets, YoungMinds publications, including details of the contents of the YoungMinds magazine and links to other relevant Internet sites.