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Mental Health Advice, Information and Support
- 5 Quid for Life (UK)
- Action Mental Health (Northern Ireland)
- Aware (Ireland)
- Aware Defeat Depression (Northern Ireland)
- CAPS Advocacy (Scotland)
- Crazy Meds (International)
- Depression Forums (International)
- Emergence (England and Wales)
- Gofal (Wales)
- Grow (Ireland and Northern Ireland)
- Hafal (Wales)
- Headstrong (Ireland, for young people)
- HealthyPlace Mental Health Information and Support (International)
- Hearing Voices Network (Great Britain)
- InterVoice (International)
- Mental Health Forum (Mainly UK, but some international boards; international peer support)
- Mental Health Foundation (Great Britain; information only)
- Mental Health Ireland (Ireland…obviously. Mainly awareness-raising and research)
- Mind (Support in England and Wales only but internationally applicable information)
- Mindwise NV (Northern Ireland)
- NIAMH (Northern Ireland)
- One in Four (Focus on England, but with internationally applicable information)
- Penunumbra (Scotland)
- PsychCentral (Mainly internationally applicable information, but may have a US focus)
- Rethink (Support in Great Britain only but internationally applicable information)
- The Samaritans (UK)
- Scottish Association for Mental Health (Scotland…obviously)
- Suicide Forums (International)
- Time to Change (England)
- Young Minds (United Kingdom, for young people)
Mental Health Patients’ Blogs
- Alice – What Happened to Alice?
- bourach – Conversations With My Head
- Bourban – Crazy in the Coconut
- Candycan – Candycan and Co
- Carol Anne (AKA Shirley) – Many of Us
- CimmerianInk – Living and Dealing With Bipolar Disorder, DID and Childhood Abuse
- Ellen – Tesseract
- estnihil – Into Dust
- Faith – Blooming Lotus
- Jeffrey – Sisyphus Bound
- Kevin – The Mental Health Writers’ Guild
- Kevin – Voices of Glass
- levinth – Red Peppered
- maddsuspicions – MADD Suspicions
- Moon Tree – Seeking Myself
- Niranjan – Overcoming Depression
- Nullfuture – Is There a Future?
- Paul – It’s Just a Ride
- persephoneriver – It’s Not Much
- Sean – All the Avenues Look Ugly
- Skye – The Secret Schizophrenic
- Susan – If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going
Mental Health Professionals’ Blogs
- ermintrude2 and Zarathustra – The Not So Big Society
- Joseph Burgo – After Psychotherapy
- Kevin Friery
- Justin Marley – The Amazing World of Psychiatry
- Michael Anestis – Psychotherapy Brown Bag
- (Inspector) Michael Brown – Mental Health Cop
- Neuroskeptic – Neuroskeptic
- Pandora and Zarathustra – The World of Mentalists
- Various – Shrink Rap
Mental Health News Sources
Other Blogs and Sites That I Like
- Bethany Keeley – The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
- Chris Duval – Apostrophe Abuse
- coolchildfreeguy – Cool Childfree Guy
- ChildfreeFeminist – Childfree Feminist
- estnihil – Misery, Misanthropy, Melodrama
- Joel Stickley – How to Write Badly Well
- Lori – Random Ramblings of a Stay at Home Mum
- Micah and Beth – “Literally” Misused
- patheticparking – Pathetic Parking
- Phil – Phil’s Boring Blog
- Robin Brown – AdTurds
- Sister Y – The View From Hell
- Stella Marr – My Body the City: The Secret Life of a Callgirl
- Spirit of 1976 – The Right Ear
- stavvers – Another Angry Woman
- Various – Ars Technica
- Various – ElectricPig
- Various – The F Word
- Various – Guardian Tech
- Various – Left Foot Forward
- Various – Liberal Conspiracy
- Various – LitReactor
- Various – Mashable
- Various – Slugger O’Toole
- Various – spEak You’re bRanes