Charities and Support Organisations

If you require immediate assistance, advice or counselling please contact one of the organisations listed below. If there is no listing for your particular country, but a reference to the organisation you wish to contact in another, then try that web site, as international information is often freely available. These organisations promote psychological health initiative for the general public.

Charities Based in the United Kingdom

Age Concern – Affering help with age related problems
Beacon of Hope – For spouses and partners of individuals touched by mental illness.
British Association of Counselling – Psychological health and counselling
British Association of Psychotherapists – Psychological health and counselling
Boy’s & Girl’s Welfare Society ( Now the Together Trust )
Bullying.co.uk
Christian Aid Foundation
Childline
International Stress Management Association ( UK )
MENCAP – Basic background and contact info for the UK mental health charity
MIND ( The Mental Health Charity ) – Mental Health resource charity
National Depression Campaign (Now Depression Alliance)
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children – NSPCC
OCD UK – For those that suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in the UK.
Phobics Society – (Now Anxiety UK)
RELATE
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Samaritans
Shelter: The National Campaign for Homeless People
Somerset & Wessex Eating Disorders Association – SWEDA – is a user-led charity based on the principles of self help.
Women’s Therapy Centre
Young Minds – UK – The children’s mental health charity

Charities Based in the United States of America

Alcoholics Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous
Marijuana Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Parents Anonymous
Recovering Couples Anonymous
Sex Addicts Anonymous