Health Information Week 2025: Day Two

Published Date: 21st January 2025

Today’s theme for Health Information Week is Mental Health. Along with the HIW team, we have put together a list of online resources and materials to help you with your mental health and wellbeing.

The list includes links to various organisations and resources that can help you if you are struggling with mental health issues, including stress, anxiety and depression as well as more general resources on mental wellbeing and mindfulness.

Click here for the pdf version of the list, or see below:

 

The Trust
The Wellbeing Team are here to help. Check out their Intranet pages to see their psychological help pages to find the resources they have available for you: Psychological Support.

 

Your NHS Library
The Reading Well Book Collection is available for all our library members and includes self-help books on stress, anxiety, depression, mental wellbeing and mindfulness. You can find out about our Reading Well Collections here:

• STHK - https://www.knowledge-nw.nhs.uk/reading-well-collection
• S&O - http://www.sonhslks.com/wellbeing-collection.html

 

Your Public Library
Your local public library service also has Reading Well books and other resources to help with mental health.

• Halton Public Library Service
• Knowsley Public Library Service
• St Helens Public Library Service
• Ormskirk Public Library Service
• Sourthport Public Library Service

 

Other Organisations

• Mental Health Foundation provides mental health information and advice: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
• MIND offers advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem, including a content for children and young people: http://mind.org.uk/
• NHS: Better Health - Every Mind Matters offers advice and practical tips to help people look after their mental health and wellbeing. It also includes a section for young people: http://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters
• NHS: Mental Health provides information and support for your mental health: http://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/
• Rethink Mental Illness offers information and support via a network of local groups and services: http://www.rethink.org/

 

Children and Young People

• Young Minds supports children and young people on their mental health including practical tips and advice from young people, as well as information on getting support: http://www.youngminds.org.uk/
• On My Mind (Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families) co-produces information with young people to empower them to make informed choices about their mental health: https://www.annafreud.org/
• The Mix provides support and information for under 25s on any challenges they may be facing: http://www.themix.org.uk/

 

Podcasts

• BBC Radio 4: All in the Mind: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qxx9/episodes/downloads
• BBC: Access All: Disability News and Mental Health: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02r6yqw/episodes/downloads
• The Mind podcast: http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/podcasts
• Mental Health Foundation: Let’s Talk: Mental Health: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/podcasts
• Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families: Child in Mind: A series of expert podcasts to help parents understand and manage child and family mental health problems: https://soundcloud.com/anna-freud-centre/sets/child-in-mind

 

For more information about Health Information Week, see the HIW website at: https://healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek

For more information about your NHS Library service, see our website at: https://library.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/