Eating well and mental health
This leaflet is for everyone who wants to eat healthily. It is particularly for people who feel that their mental health problem or its treatment has affected them in the way they eat.
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Resource library
Search our resources library for self help guides, patient information leaflets, mental health and wellbeing information that you may find useful.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Information produced by Royal College of Psychiatrists. This leaflet is for anyone who wants to know more about ECT (Electro-convulsive therapy). It looks at how ECT works, why it is used, its effects and side-effects, and alternative treatments. Although a safe and effective treatment, ECT remains controversial and we have included some of the different views about it.
Elm House – Patient Information Leaflet
Information about your stay at Elm House. Elm House is a community based rehabilitation service, situated in Bensham, Gateshead. The service is for men and women over the age of 18 years, who live in the Gateshead area.
Embleton – Patient Information Leaflet
This leaflet contains information about staying on Embleton Ward, an acute admissions ward based at St George's Park.
Epilepsy Specialist Nurse – Easy Read (South of Tyne)
Easy read information about the Epilepsy Specialist Nurse. This explains what they do and how they can help.
Everyday Triumphs – Small steps to a healthy heart for people with mental health problems
A guide for keeping a healthy heart for people with a mental health problem. People with a severe mental health condition have a greater risk of developing coronary heart disease than the general population. This booklet helps mental health service users take small steps towards a lifestyle that’s good for your heart and is full of useful facts, practical tips and advice.
Exercise Therapy – Patient Information Leaflet
This leaflet provides information about the impact your mental health can have on your physical health, recommendations for exercise and how to access exercise therapy.
Exercising with a neurological condition – Patient Information Leaflet
Information about the importance of exercising with a neurological condition, the benefits, recommended amount of exercise and precautions.
Family Meetings – Information Leaflet
When a person needs the help of mental health services this will also have an impact on the lives of those who care about them. This may include a partner, relatives, close friends and important others. Family meetings offer a place where those who are concerned can talk together with a member of staff in a relaxed manner.
Family Therapy – Information leaflet
Family Therapists offer therapeutic support to individuals who are troubled by a mental health problem and to their relatives or others who are close to them (for instance, partners or close friends).