Helpful Publications
1. Sheffield Mental Health Guide
The Sheffield Mental Health Guide is an excellent resource for anyone experiencing mental health difficulties, or for voluntary/paid workers or carers, or anyone else wanting information about mental health services in Sheffield.
Link to Sheffield Mental Health Guide
2. Sheffield Dementia Information Pack
3. NICE Public Guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) publishes lots of guidance put together by experts, assisted by service users and carers. They also publish guidance specifically for the public, service users and carers.
You will find links to the public guidance below. Guidance for patients and carers can be downloaded and printed off in your home but you will need something called Adobe Acrobat Reader to do this.
Get your copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on the link below (You may find your computer already has this on it.)
Download Adobe Acrobat
Schizophrenia
Anxiety/Panic
Violence
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Falls
Dementia
Eating Disorders
Depression
Depression in Young People
Self Harm
Bipolar Disorder
Substance Misuse
Mental Health in Pregnancy & Afterwards
4. Guidance on Medicines and Self Help
Medicines
Several information leaflets regarding medicines were developed by the United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group (UKPPG) in 2008. These leaflets could be considered a starting point for obtaining reliable information on the general medicines used in mental health. However, a leaflet cannot contain all the facts about medication. For copies of the leaflets please contact Pharmacy on (0114) 2718632 or 2718633.
Click on the link below for useful information about medicines, provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
Further medicines information
Self Help
Click on the link below to access copies of self help leaflets developed by Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic/selfhelp
The self help leafets cover a range of topics including: Alcohol and You, Anxiety, Controlling Anger, Depressio, Depression and Low Mood, Obsessions and Compulsions, Panic, Sleep Problems, Stress.
Royal College of Psychiatrists information leaflets
4. Other Helpful Publications
Information about your health
This easy-read guide contains useful info on why we collect information about you and your health and what we do with it.
Information about your health (pdf 1MB)
Confidentiality & Information Sharing
Another easy-read SHSC guide about what we do with your information.
Confidentiality and Information Sharing (pdf 134KB)
What to expect from your NHS Hospital
This easy-read guide written by the Care Quality Commission is for anyone who needs treatment or care in an NHS hospital. It explains about the standards for hospital services and how these are checked, and what this means for you.
What to expect from your NHS Hospital
Service User Network(SUN:RISE)
This is a sub group of the Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) Forum which aims to improve the range of ways that Service Users can become informed and actively involved with the Trust
Download Leaflet
Help to Deal with Traumatic Events
Help is at hand: a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death
This guide is aimed at the wide range of people who are affected by suicide or other sudden, traumatic death. It aims firstly to help people who are unexpectedly bereaved in this way. It also provides information for healthcare and other professionals who come into contact with bereaved people, to assist them in providing help and to suggest how they themselves may find support if they need it.
Help is at Hand Leaflet - for both Service Users and Staff (Note: this is a 46 page document but is very comprehensive)
Handy postcard with details of helpful contact numbers
Credit card size information with key contact numbers
Panic Disorder self help manual
Clinical staff at SHSC Foundation Trust have designed a self help manual for people experiencing this type of problem. If you download this manual, please ensure you read the guidance notes before using it.
Self Help Manual
Information about Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression) can affect peoples' lives in a number of ways. The leaflet gives an overview of the condition and sources of support & information for people experiencing bipolar disorder, their families and friends.
Bipolar Disorder information leaflet. (500KB)
Download large print version of Bipolar Disorder information leaflet. (500KB PDF)
Specific Condition leaflets
Here are some useful information leaflets about some of the conditions experienced by our service users. They have been compiled by the National Electronic Library for Mental Health and Oxleas NHS Trust.
Anorexia Nervosa
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Bulimia
Depression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Attacks
Phobias
Schizophrenia
Substance Misuse
Sheffield Pharmacy Department Depression Leaflet
Click on the link below for advice if you are taking antidepressants.
Download Leaflet
Sheffield Depression - How we can help
Click on the link below to access the leaflet produced by SHSC.
Download Leaflet
Download Local and National Support Document
Adult ADHD - Information & Advice
Click on the link below to access the leaflet produced by SHSC.
Download Leaflet
The Yorkshire & Humber Mind Consortium
Support for Families, Carers and Friends
This page was last updated on 13th November 2012
