Health Issues

• Adders
  A non-profit making, on-line support group for sufferers of ADHD and their families.
• Advice Guide (Citizens Advice Bureau)
• BMJ Best Treatments
  Aims to provide patients, doctors and other health care professionals with the highest-quality information based on the latest research evidence.
• British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
  Contains information about Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies and a 'Find a Therapist' search tool.
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
  Website contains a guide to finding a therapist, including a search tool.
• BBC Health
  For more information about tics.
• Cerebra
  A charity set up to help improve the lives of children with brain related conditions through researching, educating and directly supporting children and their carers.
• Children First for Health
  This is a child-centred health and hospital resource, supporting teenagers, children and their families. It provides comprehensive and age-appropriate health information from the UK’s leading medical experts and paediatricians.
• Department of Health
  Website gives details of The Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) and the Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS).
• Expert Patients Programme Community Interest Company (EPP CIC)
  Ebsite providing information and resources for the Expert Patients Programme, a six week course for people with chronic or long-term conditions.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital
  This website contains a fact sheet compiled by the GOSH Tourette Syndrome Clinic. Includes information on associated disorders.
• Henry Spink Foundation
  An independent charity providing information on conventional and complementary/alternative medicine, therapies and research relating to a very wide range of physical and mental disorders.
• IFPMA Clinical Trials Portal
  The portal has been designed as a single entry allowing you to search for comprehensive information on on-going clinical trials (registry) or results of completed trials (database) conducted by the pharmaceutical industry.
• i Want Great Care
  A free service for all those looking to find a doctor. iWantGreatCare allows you to search for a doctor by name, specialty or region and read the reviews and ratings of other patients. You can also add your own review.
• Latitudes.org
  Exploring advanced and alternative treatments non-drug approaches to Tourette Syndrome and other conditions.
• Learning Assessment & Neurocare Centre
  An independent clinic specialising in a wide range of neurobiological disorders, behavioural and educational/learning difficulties.
• MIND
  Website offers booklets on ADHD, OCD, Depression, Anxiety and other disorders.
• NHS Choices
  A website developed to help people in the UK make choices about their your health, from lifestyle decisions through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services should you need them.
• OCD Action
  OCD Action is the national charity for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the related disorders such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP) and Trichotillomania.
• OCD UK
  A charity for sufferers of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which aims to bring the facts about OCD to the UK public, and to support those who suffer in silence from this anxiety disorder, particularly young adults.
• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  PHSO look into complaints that government departments, their agencies and some other public bodies in the UK - and the NHS in England - have not acted properly or fairly or have provided a poor service.
• Patients' Help
  Website from the General Medical Council, providing guidance for patients who wish to make a complaint about a doctor.
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
  This website provides a wide range of free leaflets on topics related to mental health.
• Self Care Connect
  A resource and networking organisation for everyone with a professional interest in self care.
• South London and Maudsley National Services
  Provides complete service information on all SLaM adults and CAMHS services and features an online referral system
• Tourette Syndrome Plus
  A site for parents and educators on TS, expanded to include other conditions such as ADHD, OCD, anxiety disorders, Executive Dysfunction, depression, Bipolar Disorder, autism spectrum disorders, 'rage attacks,' integration issues, and sleep disorders.
• Young Minds
  The YoungMinds Parents Information Service provides information and advice for anyone with concerns about the mental health of a child or young person. YoungMinds also produce leaflets and booklets to help young people, parents and professionals.
• Your Health, Your Way
  A guide to long-term conditions and self care on the NHS Choices Website
• Youth Health Talk: Young people and depression
  Video interviews with 30 young people and their experience of depression and low mood, self help and coping strategies, talking therapies plus more