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Resources

This area of the resource pack contains a range of documents which are either resources in themselves (e.g. artwork and leaflets that you are free to use) or information about resources that can be ordered, booked or bought from us or from elsewhere. As in previous years, we have made a considered effort to improve this area, to ensure you can get access to a broad a range of resources possible in order to support your activity during NMHW. However, we would be glad to hear from you about other sources for resource material that we can tell people about. In particular, we'd be delighted to hear from you if you are a resource provider whose materials we have not included.

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NMHW resources

The Haynes Brain Manual

   

The groundbreaking Haynes Brain Manual, will form the centrepiece of NMHW. The main target audience for the book is men of all ages and backgrounds who are interested in becoming more aware of wellbeing, in the broadest sense.  Health professionals will also be able to use the book as a health promotion and education resource.

For more information on the Brain Manual, and how to order discounted copies please click on the link: The Haynes Brain Manual

Mini Brain Manuals

 

For the first time the Men's Health Forum is also providing mini versions of the main Haynes manual for use during NMHW2006. Sadly these manuals are no longer available to order in printed format. It is very likely we will be doing a print run to tie in with World Mental Health Day. However, by clicking on the link above you will be able to download pdf's of the entire manual.

Tailor Made Mini Haynes Manuals

Haynes 'mini manuals' are a new development in gender-specific health promotion materials. The Men's Health Forum is at the forefront of producing such resources and has a track record of successfully doing so. They are very closely related to the best selling Haynes' men's health series and can be specifically molded to the requirements of partner organisations.

www.malehealth.co.uk 

Fast, free independent health information for men of all ages from the Men's Health Forum. 

Men's Health Forum posters

We have A4 colour versions of the Bedside and Skateboard posters available through our office. If you would like copies, please contact Veronique Okafor at: veronique.okafor@menshealthforum.org.uk

The BMA and Men's Health Week

This is a very useful document which highlights the elements of recent BMA reports that are relevant to men and boys health. This includes: sexual health, smoking and teenage health. These extracts include very useful statistics that can be used in during activities during NMHW. Hard copies of this document can be obtained by emailing mhw@menshealthforum.org.uk  

Artwork: Standard NMHW logo

The NMHW logo in blue - its standard colour. Feel free to use it on your local documents. (JPEG file)

Artwork: NMHW logo (black and white)

The NMHW logo for use within black and white documents. Feel free to use it on your local documents. (JPEG file)

Generic Men's Health Quiz

A short quiz sheet which could be used as an "ice-breaker” for work with health professionals, students or the general public.

Contacts for More Information

Contacts A- J             Contacts L - Z      

This section contains a comprehensive list (including contact details) of those organisations who work in the men and mental wellbeing field in some capacity:

Helplines

The above link contains a comprehensive list of relevant helplines in relation to men and boys mental wellbeing.

Use your brain when you use the net

The above link contains an useful guide to information related to mental health and well-being on the internet, written by our very own Jim Pollard.

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Leaflets and resources to download and use for free

Aging Well for Men

This leaflet has been provided by Age Concern.

The Arts Council

The following leaflets have been produced by the Arts Council, and are available as pdf's:

BBC Mental Health

Articles, news and discussions on various mental health issues. The site includes details of forthcoming TV and radio programmes about mental health.

Blokes Own

A must-see Viz-style booklet by Samaritans targeted at young men feeling down, really well written with advice and humour.

Boys and Young Men Network

 

 

A Gloucestershire based web site for young men including info, links and quizzes on a wide range of subjects such as sexual and mental health, drugs and employment..

 

Boys Get Anorexia Too

This website seeks to provide support, comfort, information and some words of advice for anyone concerned about a boy or young man's eating habits and exercise patterns.

CALM

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (c.a.l.m.) has launched a controversial campaign using stark and hard-hitting visuals.  Billboards around the country will:-

  • Compare the UK's male suicide figures with deaths in the Iraq conflict
  • Feature an eye-grabbing game of hangman
  • Introduce three new names a day representing the number of young men who kill themselves every day in the UK.

The campaign aims to do more than just provide help for young men, it will drive and take an active part in the debate about what we expect from young men, try and enable them to get the support they need, and overturn stereotypes.  First up is this notion of 'the strong and silent man'. 

The following resources support the campaign

Changing Minds

Is a five year national anti-stigma campaign launched in 1998 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Change Our Minds

An interactive Samaritans website aimed at young people who are affected by self-harm, emotional distress or suicidal feelings.

 

 

Childline

 

 

Web pages for boys and young men offering help and advice on any troubles that you or someone you know may be experiencing. Includes an agony uncle page and details of the confidential helpline.

 

Complementary remedies for depression

Complementary therapies have been chosen as the theme for this year's National Depression Week (17-23 April 2006). According to Depression Alliance, one in five people will be affected by depression in their lifetime. Many are keen to use self help treatments and complementary therapies, in conjunction with medication, to try to alleviate some of the symptoms. Throughout the week the alliance has organised talks by nutritional therapists, music events and sponsored walks. There will also be an open day with demonstrations of acupuncture, aromatherapy, herbal medicine and hypnotherapy.

Dealing with Stress

This leaflet from the Doctor Patient Partnership will tell you: what stress is, how you can cope with stress both at home and work, where to get more information. A supporting poster is available to download here: Poster

Depression Alliance leaflets

A wide range of publications covering various aspects of depression offer the information and guidance so desperately needed by people affected by depression when they need it most, and may feel there is nowhere else to turn.

Single copies of all our publications are available free to our supporters. Please send a stamped (35p) addressed A5 envelope to:

 

 

Depression Alliance

 

212 Spitfire Studios

 

63 - 71 Collier Street

 

London N1 9BE

 

 

To order multiple copies please use the publications order form.

 

Depression in Teenagers

An interactive online theme park with resources for young people with depression. Includes advice and information on symptoms, causes and treatment of depression plus self-help ideas and relaxation techniques.

Dipex

A searchable database of people talking about their experiences of depression

Drinkulator Quiz

The DRINKULATOR drink calculator can check if your drinking puts you at risk. This is an interactive resource to check if your drinking puts your health at risk.

E-Mental Health

Facts, discussions and links about depression, schizophrenia and related psychoses

Eating Disorders 

Two downloadable resources are available from the Eating Disorders Association:

Farming Help

 

 

For people of the farming community experiencing distress and need help, support or just a listening ear.

 

Feeling Good: Promoting Children's Mental Health

 

 

These activity sheets created by the Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health, provide parents and their children aged 4 to 7 with a unique resource to help them talk about how they feel and what makes them happy or sad, stressed or secure.

Health Education Board for Scotland

The Scottish Health Board has produced some information on mental health and links to online and other leaflets

 

How to improve your mental wellbeing

This booklet explains what keeps people mentally well, why some people may be more prone to mental distress and what you can do to promote your mental wellbeing. It also suggests how you can care for someone who has mental health problems, while also looking after your own needs. Click here to download the activity sheets.

The Mental Health Foundation


Up and Running! How exercise can help beat depression, Information for Patients

Up and Running! Report


How exercise can help beat depression. Information for patients.

4.7MB version - to view/download the poster as a PDF 4.7MB version. This postcard and poster show 10 ways in which you can look after your mental health.

4.7MB version - to view/download the poster as a PDF 4.7MB version. Feeding Minds — This report was launched in January, we have hard copies and PDF 

Mental Health Action Week begins on 16 April. This year's theme is alcohol. Free posters and postcards will be available to order in March 2006. To register for an information pack

, please email 4.7MB version or call our publications order line on 020 7803 1101.

 

 

Free posters can be ordered from our publications order line on 020 78031101 or by email 4.7MB version

Alternatively, you can 4.7MB version now (in PDF format, 128 KB)

4.7MB version . A year-long campaign to raise awareness about the effectiveness of exercise in preventing and treating mild to moderate mental health problems including depression and anxiety

4.7MB version : Mental Health Action Week is the Mental Health Foundation's annual awareness-raising week, which has been running since the 1950s, and takes place during the week after Easter each year. In the last four years we have covered issues such as work-life balance, mental health in the workplace, friendship and stigma.

10 Ways to look after your Mental Health

Nacao

Nacao produce a range of resources, including leaflets, for children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism, or similar addictive problems.

 

North Tees

 

 

North Tees recently completed a pubs and clubs campaign around mental well-being, and by clicking on the link above you will be able to view a copy of the resources which were developed by young men leaving care system and mental health service users.

Alternatively you each of the links below take you to pdf versions of these very useful resources. There is a space in each to add your own logo, alongside the NHS Direct and NMHW logo's already included:

 

Pack of Liars

Pack of Liars is a project funded by Arts Council England and backed by the Men's Health Forum, designed to get men writing.

Papyrus leaflets

PAPYRUS produces booklets and leaflets which may be useful for some.

  • Not Just A Cry For Help is a booklet for people who know someone who has made an attempt, or feels suicidal.
  • Thinking of Ending It All? is for you if you are thinking of taking your own life, or have already tried to do so. Single copies free of charge.
  • Listen To Me - a leaflet written by young people to help parents communicate with their children.
  • Coping with Exams Available as a folded leaflet or as a printed card which can be used as a bookmark.

Parents and teachers

These resources have been produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for parents and teachers:

Furthermore, the Royal College of Psychiatrists also produces a broad range of resources: Resource list

PSNI Mental Wellbeing

The link above takes you too a document prepared by Tracey Reid, Chief Psychologist at the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It is an article exploring some of the issues relating to mental wellbeing, but in the form of a consultation between the practitioner and the client. It is like a script if you like with a little humour. It shows what the PSNI is actually doing for patients presenting with certain difficulties.

Real Men, Real Depression

The US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is reaching out to educate the public about depression in men through its Real Men. Real Depression. campaign. The following links go to pdf's of the resources designed to support this campaign:

    - a fact sheet that summarizes what is known about depression in men

    • 4.7MB version

    - a fact sheet that describes the symptoms and types of depression and effective treatments.

Rethink, Make a Fresh Start. An action pack for the forgotten generation

Have you had a mental illness for many years? Do you feel isolated in your community and unable to make the most of life? Well, read on — this action pack is for you.

Resources for older people from the Royal College of Psychiatrists:

You can get paper version from: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info/pricelist

Individual copies are free, but please send an A5 stamped (27p postage) addressed envelope to:

 

Leaflets Department, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG

 

Tel: + 44 0(207) 235 2351 ext. 259; e-mail: leaflets@rcpsych.ac.uk

 

The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Professional & educational body for psychiatrists in the UK and Republic of Ireland.  They produce many resources, including books, audio cassettes and videos, and many leaflets which may be printed off their website. They also have several factsheets which may be printed off.

SANE

Offers downloadable factsheets (PDF format) on the following subjects:

While information on how to order hard copies of these leaflets can be found be clicking on the following link: Order Form

http://www.sort-out-stress.co.uk/ 

This excellent website has been created specifically for men. It offers ideas and advice for dealing with stress and was put together with the help of young men in Camden, London. The website includes a link to a film specifically made by young men for young men that relates to dealing with depression.

Stress

Working together to reduce stress at work A guide for employees, produced by the HSE and Anderson Peak Performance:

www.andersonpeakperformance.co.uk

 

Resources from the Stroke Association

The Stroke Association produce six central resources that can be downloaded by clicking on the links below:


4.7MB version

Resources relating to their blood pressure campaign are available by clicking on the following link: Blood Pressure

Details of how you can order all of their resources are contained in the following document: Order Form

www.studentdepression.org

Is a project conceived as a way to try to reach and help those — especially young men — who do not easily access professional services or other forms of help for their depression, both by offering substantial information and self-help resources and by working to demystify services and challenge barriers to help-seeking.

Tackling work-related stress: a guide for employees

4 page A5 leaflet with the message that work-related stress is a symptom of an organisational problem, not an individual weakness.  Health & Safety Executive 2001

TOAST

The MHF are once more working closely with TOAST to ensure that the implications of obesity in terms of mental being. You can download supporting resources by clicking on the links below:

Water UK

Water UK have produced some very useful leaflets, that you can download and print off by clicking on the links below:

Who Cares? Information and support for carers of people with dementia: October 2005 (third revised) edition 

This booklet for carers gives information about dementia, caring for someone with dementia and the help available to carers.  Department of Health  November 2005.

XY Toolkit

The XY Toolkit are based in Manchester, and focus on communicating  and working with young men.

Youth Access

 

Youth Access is the national membership organisation for young people's information, advice, counselling and support services (YIACS). 

YIACS provide a combination of services under one roof to young people, including counselling, advice, information, outreach, and personal support (drop-in, befriending, informal support and sexual health).

If you are a young person, parent, carer or professional looking for your local youth information, advice, counselling and support service Search the Directory of Services

 

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Leaflets and resources to buy 

All Talk Productions

All Talk Productions are a Theatre In Health company with a five-year track record, who have since won various awards. All talk has a vast repertoire of plays to choose from and cover a wide and diverse selection of health issues (Usually taboo).

Boys Get Anorexia Too, Coping with Male Eating Disorders in the Family by: Jenny Langley

'The book is immensely reassuring to any parent who has experienced at first hand the problems that a young boy already caught up in the maelstrom of adolescence can both experience and cause when anorexia arrives. Any parent or carer concerned about a boy who may be developing or has already developed an eating disorder will find this book useful and supportive even when it is talking about the most difficult problems that affect sufferers and their families' - Signpost

You can contact the author at: jenny@boyaorexia.com

Coping with Depression - Audio Tape 

 

Talking Life, PO Box 1, Wirral L47 7DD

 

Two cassette audio-pack with advice about depression, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques and relaxation. £8.50 for shorter version and £13.99 for two cassette version (p&p) included. (Cheques payable to 'Talking Life'). Tel: 0151 632 0662. 

 

Coping with Bereavement - Audio Tape

 

Talking Life, PO Box 1, Wirral L47 7DD

 

Audio-pack giving support, comfort and practical help for people who have been bereaved. £13.99 (p&p) included. (Cheques payable to 'Talking Life'). Tel: 0151-632 0662.

 

CragRats

 

By following on the link above you can find out more information on this training and theatre-in-education organisation which has productions available which deal with men's health issues.

Changing Minds Multimedia CD-Rom

 

This is for schools to make pupils more aware of their mental health. The new software has been developed following research carried out as part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Changing Minds anti-stigma campaign. It is aimed at 13-17 year-olds and includes quizzes, interviews and articles. Topics covered include stress, eating disorders, self-harm and depression. It costs £14.99 from the Royal College of Psychiatrists  Tel: 020 7235 2351  

 

The Comic Company

Men! Mind Your Health is a brilliant new resources explaining the basics - what men can do to improve their chances of a longer, healthier (and probably happier) life. The resources consist of a poster and leaflet.

Don't Die of Embarrassment

 

A video produced by year 10 boys concerning issues surrounding suicide in young men.  Made in association with PAPYRUS, a voluntary organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of mental health and well-being, the video looks at depression and suicidal feelings that young men may feel. There is also an accompanying resource pack for teachers.

 

For more information, contact PAPYRUS on 01706 214449.

Men's Health In General Practice

Men's Health in General Practice offers high quality, flexible distance education with a well designed pedagogical structure. Its unique approach helps you maximise your learning time and achieve your learning and practice goals. This has is part of the RCGP Learning Unit Professional Development Series by the University of Bath.

Mental Health Pack for schools & agencies working with young people aged 11-16

 

A health education activity resource produced by Manchester Health Promotion Specialist Service.  Price £20.00  Tel: 0161 203 4101 

 

NMHW Mug

  

For details on how to order a NMHW mug, produced by the XY Toolkit, based in Manchester please click on the link above.

NMHW T-Shirt

  

For details on how to order a NMHW T-shirt, produced by the XY Toolkit, based in Manchester please click on the link above.

Revolving Door

The Heart Centre is an arts in health organisation which specilises in the use of theatre to  raise issues about mental health.

One of their most successful plays is about young male suicide. It is called Revolving Door and it has been used widely in the West Midlands and other places through NIMHE/CSIP to promote suicide prevention discussions and develop policies with multi agency professionals over the last 3 years. It has also been used with large forums around mental health for events such as Sanity Fair in Stoke etc, and in smaller settings with community and mental health organisations.

More information on the play is in the attached presentation

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Men's Health Courses

Men's Health Courses from Leeds Metropolitan University

Please click on the link above for information on courses to Diploca, BA and MSc levels available in men's health, provided by Leeds Metropolitan University. Modules include:

 

    • Men's Health
    • Men & Lifestyles 
    • Men & Mental Health

Take a flexible approach to your learning appropriate to your individual needs. The course is designed to cater for local, national and international students with different modes of delivery available.

 

Men's Health in General Practice

This course is offered by Bath University. For more information please click on the link above, or contact:

 

Marie Fraser - Marketing,

RCGP Learning Unit, University of Bath, School for Health 5 Alpha Cottages, Kingston St Mary  Taunton  TA2 8HW

 

Tel: 01823 451613  Mob: 07789 565196 

 

Email: marie.fraser@freeuk.com

 

Web: www.rcgplearning.org

 

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Translated Mental Health Resources

Mental health in translation from the Mind website:

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Alzheimer's disease resources in a range of languages

you can find information about Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in a broad range of following languages, by clicking on the link above.

Multikulti

The Multikulti website aims to support citizenship through the delivery of culturally appropriate and accurately translated information in the following areas of welfare law - debt, employment, health, housing, immigration and welfare benefits. The How to improve your mental wellbeing and Understanding Depression leaflets are also available in the languages below.

Resources are offered at this website in the following languages:

 

The Refugee Council

The Refugee Council is the largest independent organisation in the UK providing assistance to asylum seekers and refugees. Advice and information for asylum seekers and refugees in various languages.

Destigmatize

Destigmatize offers a whole range of multi-lingual factsheets giving information and advice for sufferers of anxiety disorders in the South Asian Community. These can be purchased through our helpline by calling 08701264872 or emailing amo@destigmatize.org.uk

The factsheets available cover

  • A Quick Guide to all anxiety disorders in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
  • Social Phobia factsheet in  English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
  • Generalised Anxiety Disorder Factsheet in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Factsheet in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
  • Anxiety Treatments Factsheet in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
  • Panic Disorder Factsheet in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi

They also have a whole range of other information and training/consultancy services available so please call the helpline to discuss requirements  

 

 

 

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