HIP HOP PSYCH does not endorse the self-help literature and links provided below. We reference these materials as being potentially helpful to individuals.

1. Websites:

 

These websites give information on on mental health problems, groups and management.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists website explains mental health disorders and treatment in layman terms
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice.aspx

One of the largest mental health charities. They provide information on support groups and material for mental health problems (e.g., self-harm)
www.mind.org.uk

Resource for Minorities mental health issues in USA
www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/minority-mental-health

National charity for people with mental illness.
Helpline 0300 304 7000
www.sane.org.uk    

Self-help directory to find local and national support groups for physical and mental health problems
www.self-help.org.uk

Free user-friendly CBT website (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) for depression and anxiety
www.llttf.com

Charity websites for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with information on local support groups, research etc.
www.ocduk.org/ and www.ocdaction.org.uk

Australian free website self-help CBT for mood disorders
www.moodgym.anu.edu.au/

American website for bipolar disorder with information on depression and bipolar disorders and treatment
www.dbsalliance.org

British equivalent of site above
www.bipolaruk.org.uk

Self-help website for alcohol problems
www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/

UK Mentalhealth charity for people to understand and maintain mental health
www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Scotland Mentalhealth charity to tackle Mentalhealth stigma and discrimination
www.seemescotland.org

Non profit, street drug consumer-led website advice
www.erowid.org

Website For children and Adolescents about substance misuse, Mentalhealth and social issues
http://riseabove.org.uk/tag/drinking-smoking-drugs/

Information and international survey of street drugs including novel psychoactive drugs or legal highs
www.globaldrugsurvey.com

 A website with details on the condition groups and coping techniques
http://personalitydisorder.org.uk/  and www.personalitydisorder.com/

Information on specialist children and adolescent mental health services
http://mycamhschoices.org/

Online resource for professionals working with children on shared decision making
http://www.mefirst.org.uk/

Sources of support and advice for children their parents and professionals
www.youthwellbeing.co.uk

Website explains evidence based interventions to young people
www.choosing.org.uk

Information on coping with self-harm and support
www.selfharm.co.uk

National support line for self harm
www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk

Website support group forum for individuals who self harm
nshn.co.uk

Website for The Loop an organisation providing drug testing, welfare and harm reduction services at clubs and festivals
wearetheloop.org

This website provides a range of current information including discussion of new research findings in women’s mental health and how such investigations inform day-to-day clinical practice.
www.womensmentalhealth.org 

This Canadian website has information on different mental illnesses and addictions, as well as some discussions of relevant treatment resources.
http://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index

A College Student’s Guide to Depression and Anxiety
https://appliedpsychologydegree.usc.edu/college-students-guide-to-depression-anxiety/

PsyberGuide: The Mental Health App Guide Designed With You In Mind
https://psyberguide.org

Improve your sleep with proven techniques developed from over 35 years of research.
https://www.sleepio.com

Echo is a simple free service that delivers your NHS prescriptions to your door and reminds you when to take your medication.
https://www.echo.co.uk/

Good Thinking UK: A free city wide digital mental wellbeing service
www.good-thinking.uk

stayingsafe.net/: a free website featuring compassionate and hopeful videos for people who are feeling suicidal or self harming or in mental distress
stayingsafe.net/

Religiously-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RCBT) Manuals and Workbooks
spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu

Neuroscience links

Exploring neuroscience and the brain
A self help website for Functional neurological disorders ie people having neurological symptoms with no physical health cause

www.brainfacts.org

Interactive 3d brain map
www.brainfacts.org

Brief introduction of psychosis using pictorial diagrams
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-brief-introduction-to-psychosis/

The Brain Story: Brain health (including risk for physical and mental illness) is determined by more than just our genes. Learn how early experiences get built into our brains and bodies.
The Brain Story

Information for Patients and Carers on Dementia

www.alzheimers.org.uk ( Alzheimers disease)

www.alz.co.uk/ADI-publications ( Alzheimers disease)

http://lewybody.org/aboutdlb ( Lewy body Dementia )

www.ftd.org (Frontotemporal Dementia)

http://carersuk.org (general information for carers)

Charities

Promoting positive mental health through music
http://www.keychanges.org.uk/

A mental health charity dedicated to reducing male suicide, offering advice and support
https://www.thecalmzone.net/

DISCLAIMER: Please find below some suggested self-help literature that potentially might be helpful. HIP HOP PSYCH does not endorse the material; however, these are suggestions that you might find helpful. We will shortly be expanding the references in more detail to make the material more accessible and easier to find.

2. Self-help literature (books, leaflets, Links etc.):

Covid coach - an app for monitoring and promoting wellbeing during the pandemic.
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/appvid/mobile/COVID_coach_app

Drug and alcohol advice website
www.talktofrank.com

Anger management website
www.angermanage.co.uk

Information on Harm minimisation in People who inject drugs intravenously including Opiates. Also has a comic book illustration.
https://sachr.org/blog/the-young-injectables/

Anger Overcoming Anger and Irritability – Davies Managing Anger – Lindenfield	Uses practical, cognitive techniques to help people control their temper Descriptive guide to dealing with threat positively.
Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Families, Friends and Sufferers – Treasure Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa – Freeman & Cooper	Educational resource rather than treatment guide for sufferers and their families. Cognitive-behavioural self-help guide for sufferers.
Anxiety Overcoming Anxiety – Kennerley Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – Jeffers Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Bourne Introduction to Coping with Anxiety – Brosan Managing anxiety – Butler Controlling Anxiety - Fennell and Butler Managing Anxiety: a user’s manual - Kennerley	Cognitive behavioural steps for dealing with anxiety. Advice and strategies for coping with common fears. Strategies for most common anxiety disorders. A general approach to managing anxiety states of many kinds. A more cognitive approach to the management of anxiety states. An eight-part self-help programme for managing anxiety, which also includes a relaxation tape.
Assertiveness A Woman In Your Own Right – Dickson The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships – Patterson	Helps the reader to recognise their rights. Cognitive-behavioural exercises to set personal boundaries and transform interpersonal style.
Bereavement Living with Loss: A Book for the Widowed – McNeill Taylor Living With Grief – Lake Lessons of Loss - Neimeyer	Honest discussion of bereavement. Five tasks to work through to cope with grief. Emphasis ion regaining meaning in life following bereavement
Binge eating and Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating – Cooper Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) – Schmidt & Treasure Overcoming Binge Eating – Fairburn Bulimia Nervosa: A Cognitive Therapy Programme for Clients – Cooper, Todd etc.	Cognitive-behavioural programme requiring commitment. Also suitable for friends and family. Step-by-step behavioural advice, commitment required. Cognitive-behavioural programme Step-by-step cognitive therapy programme.
Depression Mind Over Mood – Greenberger & Padesky Overcoming Depression – Gilbert The Feeling Good Handbook – Burns How You Can Survive When They’re Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout – Sheffield Introduction to Coping with Depression – Brosan & Hogan	Cognitive therapy workbook for wide range of problems. Excellent Cognitive therapy step-by-step strategies. Easy to read cognitive therapy book. Educational guide for relatives/carers of depressed individuals, with tips on how to help. Ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.
Fatigue (CFS) Overcoming Chronic Fatigue – Burgess & Chalder	Strategies to balance activity and deal with worry.
Gambling Overcoming Compulsive Gambling: A Self Help Guide to Using Cognitive Behaviour Techniques – Blaszczynski	Cognitive therapy step-by-step strategies and explanations to help.
Health Anxiety Introduction to Coping with Health Anxiety – Hogan & Young Understanding Health Anxiety	Ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.
Manic Depression Overcoming Mood Swings – Scott	Complete cognitive self-help programme
Obsessions and Compulsions Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Veale & Wilson Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions – Tallis Introduction to Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Brosan	Cognitive-behavioural self-help guide. 10 step cognitive behavioural therapy plan. Ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.
Pain Management Overcoming Chronic Pain – Cole, Macdonald, etc.	Self help methods for regaining your life.
Panic Disorder Overcoming Panic – Silove & Manicavasagar Panic Attacks – Ingham Introduction to Coping with Panic – Young Understanding Panic- Westbrook and Rouf	Cognitive-behavioural therapy programme for understanding and managing panic and agoraphobia. Reassurance, insight and practical help. Ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy. Excellent – clients really identify with this, easy to read
Personality Disorder Managing intense emotions and overcoming self destructive habits: a self help manual - Bell	An excellent book – very useful for practitioners too.
PTSD/ Trauma Overcoming Traumatic Stress – Herbert & Wetmore Understanding your Reactions to Trauma - Herbert Recovering from PTSD – Mueller	Cognitive-behavioural step-by step guide. This 88 page booklet on understanding PTSD and other reactions to trauma gives an extensive range of practical coping strategies A cognitive-behavioural approach to making sense of, and recovering from, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, including a detailed description of helpful ways to manage symptoms and come to terms with trauma memories.
Psychosis Managing Psychosis - Close, Rouf & Rosen Managing Psychosis: a guide for relatives, carers & friends - Rouf, Close & Rosen.	This booklet for people suffering with psychosis describes how one can understand and manage psychotic symptoms using CBT. This booklet, complementary to the one above, is aimed at families and friends of people who are suffering with psychosis
Self Esteem Overcoming Low Self Esteem – Fennell 10 Days to Great Self Esteem – Burns Self-Esteem – Lindenfield	Information and practical exercises. Cognitive therapy techniques for overcoming Practical strategies for coping.
Sleep Problems No More Sleepless Nights – Hauri & Linde No More Sleepless Nights Workbook – Hauri & Linde	Logs etc for understanding sleep problems. Accompaniment to the above
Social Anxiety/ social phobia Overcoming Social Anxiety & Shyness – Butler Introduction to Coping with Phobias – Hogan	Cognitive-behavioural techniques suitable for all. Ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.
Stress/ worry Managing Stress: Teach Yourself – Looker & Gregson The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook – Davis How to Stop Worrying – Tallis How to Relax - Norris & Kuechemann	Help developing a personal stress management plan. Practical exercises for overcoming worry. Problem solving approach to controlling worry. A basic package, consisting of a relaxation tape and an instruction sheet, which guides the user through a series of relaxation exercises.