Links

Links - The usual disclaimer: I am neither responsible for, nor necessarily endorse the content of the web sites which are listed below. External hypertext links from this web site are of concern to me upon receiving notification that they connect to inappropriate content. If any of these sites are linked to others which you consider unsuitable for family viewing please let me know. You may come across some sites that do not necessarily reflect the views of Mental Health Survival Guide Dacorum & St Albans UK or your own opinions. I believe that people need choice to exercise responsibility - which is the hallmark of a free society. You may nominate a web site URL / address together with the title and description, for inclusion in these listings, via the Guestbook. Please use some degree of caution when visiting external sites and always remember that life is too short to get upset over a web page. Hypertext links are an important part of navigating the World Wide Web. The A - Z links below will take you to other web sites with similar or related interests.

With so many Web sites coming and going and changing it is inevitable that some, if not many of the URLs here will result in "404 missing" errors. I am resigned to this for individuals on mom-and-pop ISPs. However, there really is no excuse when large companies change their web site organization and don't provide an easy way to locate the replacement page for those that have disappeared. Some do but many don't seem to care if you find them or not. What kind of good business practice is that? Suppose your favourite store moved in the middle of the night and didn't provide a forwarding address? Even the Royal Mail will forward your post for several months. Out of courtesy, web sites should do this with web site addresses as well. Many do, but certainly not the majority! Perhaps I should add a "404 Hall of Shame"!

The best way for you to help is when you find dead links, use the Guestbook to tell me about it. Then, I'll either remove them or locate the replacement web site(s). Simply whining about how your valuable time has been wasted due to dead links is not being constructive.

Please let me know if you come across anything on my web pages that doesn't work in your browser (be specific about what browser you're using and what didn't work) and I'll try to fix it.

I am currently rebuilding this site to include a lot of new fresh content, obviously this does take a little time. Meanwhile, if you have found your way here by a search engine or a link somewhere and wish to surf further, please don't despair as I have included some links below to other great mental health related sites as follows:

AdviceNow - making sense of the law and your rights

Amaravati - spiritual retreat in Dacorum

Benefits & Mental Health - your benefits & how to claim

Benefits & Work - valuable guides and e-mail updates

Bipolar Fellowship - Scotland

CAB - Citizens Advice Bureau

Carers in Hertfordshire - local newsletters

Colin's Mad World - personal website

Community Legal Advice - free, confidential legal advice

Computers for the Disabled - low cost IT

Connexions - something for every 13 - 19 year old

Counselling Directory - your local guide to confidential support

Developmentals (The) - We want you as a new recruit! :)

Directgov - straight through to public services

Direct Payments - Welfare Weasel

Edspace - online information service

Electroboy - Fighting Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Entitled To - online benefits check

Epilepsy Action - Freephone helpline 0808 800 5050

Fax Your MP - contact your MP direct

Gift From Within - PTSD resources

HereToHelp - self-management toolkit

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - services

Herts Mind Network - gateway page

Insanity Test - to see just how sane you really are! ;)

Intalink - public transport in Hertfordshire

Jobcentre Plus - support for people of working age

Keep an eye out... - Voluntary & Statutory Partnership

LifeSIGNS - Self Injury Guidance & Network Support

Lithium - rock for mental health!

Mad Not Bad - Rachel's personal site

MDF - The Bipolar Organisation

Mental Health Care - information and research news

Mental Health Forum - get involved

Mental Health Foundation - comprehensive

Mental Health In The UK - Catherine's personal web site

Mental Health Shop - fee & free information

Mental Health Survival Guide - Watford

MIDAS - Mental Illness Diagnosed Agency Service

Mind in Mid Herts & Way2Work - gateway page

Neath Mind - The Big Book of Benefits

NetDoctor - UK independent health site

NHS Choices - health A-Z

One World Mental Health - news reports

Patient Opinion - this is our NHS... let's make it better

POhWER - the advocacy agency

Q&A - mental health bill

Rethink - support for those with severe mental illness

Rightsnet - welfare rights information

St Albans Bereavement Network - support

SANELINE - Tel: 0845 767 8000

Samaritans - confidential emotional support 24/7

Suicide Junkie - Steve's personal web site

Together - working for wellbeing

Turning Point - People not Problems

United Response - support, training & work

ViewPoint - mental health forums in Hertfordshire

Volunteer Centre - Dacorum

WHO - World Health Organization

Xtra via BBC - does weed mess minds?

Yellow Card - reporting adverse drug reactions

Youreable.com - resource for those with a disability

ZYRA - madness shown in a positive light!

Link Exchange - If you link to me I will link to you. This is what makes the World Wide Web work - links. Your site does not have to be mental health themed and I welcome a text or picture link using the graphic here for you to copy and upload to your server. So that I may reciprocate please use the Guestbook to advise me you have created a link to my Mental Health Survival Guide website URL:
http://www.houlston.freeserve.co.uk/mental.htm

Here are some web sites that have linked back to me:
ViewPoint
Bipolar Fellowship
Mental Health In The UK

Computer Rage - Do computers sometimes make you feel like this? Perhaps you are struggling to build your own web site. Find relief from your suffering via this page. Whilst learning how to create my own web site I was most grateful to web masters in the USA who helped me with links to free online tutorials. Those links have been listed along with a few more I acquired. Master the skills of copy/paste and your free DIY web site will be just a few clicks away via Web Master Resources. Never be afraid to try something new - Remember: Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic.