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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.
Right from the start – a guide for people experiencing psychosis for the first time – Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside
Right from the start – a guide for people experiencing psychosis for the first time – Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside
RNID Fingerspelling tool
Roker Ward – Patient Information
Rose Lodge
Schizophrenia
A Royal College of Psychiatrists leaflet with information about schizophrenia, what causes it, what can help including how to help yourself and information for relatives.
Section 135 – Assessment of a person removed by police under a court warrant
This leaflet provides information for people who have been brought to a place of safety under section 135 of the Mental Health Act. There is information about how long you can be kept there and what could happen next.
Section 136 – Assessment of mental health – via police contact
This leaflet includes information for people who have been brought to a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act. It includes how long a person can be kept at the place of safety and what happens next.
Section 17A – Community treatment order for Part 3 patients
This leaflet provides information for people who have a community treatment order under section 17A of the Mental Health Act. It explains why you are on a community treatment order, what a community treatment order is, what happens after you leave hospital, how long a community treatment order can last and what happens if you do not keep to the conditions. There is also information about appeals and tribunals.