Pricelist for factsheets, leaflets & materials for the public

Resource Catalogue

Mental health information for patients, carers and professionals

 

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Leaflets and factsheets available:

 

• Materials on common health problems
• Materials for carers
• Other materials
• Web-based materials
• Materials in other languages
• Materials for parents, teachers and young people
• Materials for professionals
• Careers Information

 

 

Please note that our leaflets are under regular review and some titles may be withdrawn during the revision process.

 

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Materials on common health problems

'Help is at Hand' Leaflets

Help is at Hand is an award-winning, evidence-based series of illustrated leaflets on common mental health issues. All these leaflets can be downloaded from the mental health information pages: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info

 

Alcohol and Depression (currently out of stock)

Depression

Eating Disorders

Men and Depression

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

NEW Personality Disorders

NEW (Updated) Physical Illness and Mental Health 

NEW (Updated) Post-Natal Depression

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Schizophrenia

Self-Harm

Sleeping Well

Spirituality and Mental Health

 

Postage and Packing Charges:

Single copies of all the Help is at Hand leaflets above are available free of charge. Please send an A5 stamped, (30p postage) addressed envelope to:

 

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

Tel: 020 7235 2351 ext. 259.

 

For bulk orders of more than one leaflet, the following charges apply:

• 1 copy: free, please send a SAE to cover postage
• 2 -100 copies: 70p per leaflet
• 101 - 500 copies: 60p per leaflet
• 501 copies and above: 50p per leaflet

(You may select any quanities of some or all of the above materials).

 

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Materials for Carers 

'Partners in Care' Materials

Partners in Care materials were developed to aid communication, understanding and partnerships between health care professionals, patients and carers.

 

Checklists for carers, patients and doctors

• for people with mental health problems: questions to ask your psychiatrist  
• for carers of people with mental health problems: questions to ask the psychiatrist 
• for psychiatrists: issues of concern to carers of people with mental health illness 

 

The Partners in Care campaign has also produced the following leaflets, working in partnership with psychiatrists and carers:

• Alcohol, drugs and addiction
• Alzheimer's disease and other dementias   
• Eating disorders
• Forensic psychiatric services
• Learning disability and mental health
• Severe mental illness (psychosis) 

 

Other leaflets in this series include:

• Carers and confidentiality in mental health: issues involved in information-sharing
• Caring around the clock
• HEADstuff: a colourful resource for 14-17yearr olds which aims to increase young people's knowledge of mental health problems and dispel myths surrounding mental illness. It also provides help on what to do if you are worried about yourself or a friend.

 

All these materials are available as single copies. Please send a stamped, addressed, A5 envelope to:

 

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

 

Tel: 020 7235 2351 ext. 259

 

The partners in care leaflets, produced in partnership with psychiatrists and carers, can also be downloaded free of charge from www.partnersincare.co.uk

(In colour PDF format, or A4 black and white format).

 

For bulk orders of more than one leaflet, the following charges apply:

• 1 copy: free, please send a SAE to cover postage
• 2 -100 copies: 70p per leaflet
• 101 - 500 copies: 60p per leaflet
• 501 copies and above: 50p per leaflet

(You may select any quanities of some or all of the above materials).

 

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Other materials:

Final Demand: Debt and Mental Health

One in three people with a serious mental health problem are in debt. This booklet provides practical advice for health workers on dealing with this issue. It doesn't expect health workers to become debt experts, but describes the big differences that they can make by knowing and doing small things.

• 1-4 booklets - £1 per booklet
• 5-9 booklets – 90p per booklet
• 10-19 booklets – 75p per booklet
• 20-99 booklets – 70p per booklet
• 100+ booklets – 69p per booklet

 

 

Promotional posters

An A3 poster featuring images of the 'Help is at Hand' leaflets is available, priced at £1 each.

 

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Web-based materials:

The following materials are currently only available on our website: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info

 

Help is at Hand materials:

• Anxiety and phobias
• Coping with trauma
• Depression in people with learning disabilities
• Depression in the workplace
• Memory and dementia
• Social phobias
• Surviving adolescence: a toolkit for parents
• Tiredness
• When bad things happen

 

Partners in Care materials: www.partnersincare.co.uk/

Checklists: 

• for professionals coming into contact with children of parents with mental health problems
• for parents with children with mental health problems

Leaflets: working in partnership with psychiatrists and carers

• Anxiety and phobias
• Depression
• Postnatal depression

 

Changing Minds leaflets were developed as part of the College's anti-stigma campaign and cover the following conditions: http://www.changingminds.co.uk/

• Alcohol and drug misuse
• Alzheimer's disease and dementia
• Anxiety
• Anorexia and bulimia
• Depression
• Mental disorders: challenging prejudice
• Schizophrenia

 

Other mental health information (web versions only)

This information has been designed to answer some of the most frequently asked questions on common psychiatric problems and treatments:

• Alcohol: our favourite drug
• Antidepressants  
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Complementary alternative medicines in mental health 1: herbal remedies and nutrional supplements
• Complementary and alternative medicines 2: acupuncture, yoga, massage and other physical treatmetns
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Depot medication
• Drug treatment of Alzheimer's disease
• Medications for mania
• Mental illness after childbirth
• The mental health team
• Psychotherapy

 

 

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Materials in Other Languages (web versions only)

Arabic

Factsheet: Alcohol and Depression

Factsheet: Antidepressants

Help is at Hand: Bipolar Disorder

Factsheet: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Help is at hand: Depression

Factsheet: Depression

Help is at hand: Depression in the Workplace

Help is at hand: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Help is at hand: Men and Depression

Help is at hand: Mental Illness After Childbirth

Help is at hand: Self Harm (in brief)

All 36 Mental Health and Growing Up Factsheets: information for parents, teachers and young people.

 

Bengali

Help is at hand: Depression

Help is at hand: Physical Illness and Mental Health

Help is at hand: Schizophrenia

 

Chinese:

Help is at hand: Alcohol and Depression

Factsheet: Alcohol: Our Favourite Drug

Changing Minds: Anorexia and Bulimia

Help is at hand: Anxiety and Phobias

Partners in Care: Anxiety and Phobias

Help is at hand: Bereavement

Help is at hand: Bipolar Disorder

Caring around the Clock

Partners in Care: Carers and Confidentiality

Partners in Care: A checklist for carers of people with mental health problems

Partners in Care: A checklist for people with mental health problems

Partners in Care: A checklist for psychiatrists

Factsheet: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Factsheet: Coping with Trauma

Factsheet: Depot Medication

Help is at hand: Depression

Partners in Care: Depression

Help is at hand: Depression in Older Adults

Help is at hand: Depression in People with Learning Disabilities

Help is at hand: Depression in the Workplace

Factsheet: Drug Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Partners in Care: Eating Disorders

Factsheet: Electro-Convulsive Therapy

Partners in Care: Learning Disability and Mental Health

Factsheet: Medications for Mania

Help is at hand: Men and Depression

Factsheet: The Mental Health Team

Factsheet: Mental Illness After Childbirth

Help is at hand: Physical Illness and Mental Health

Help is at hand: Post-Natal Depression

Partners in Care: Post-Natal Depression

Help is at hand: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Help is at hand: Psychotherapy

Partners in Care: Severe Mental Illness (Pscyhosis)

Help is at hand: Schizophrenia

Help is at hand: Sleeping Well

Help is at hand: Social Phobias

Help is at hand: Surviving Adolescence

Factsheet: Tranquilisers and Sleeping Tablets

Factsheet: Tiredness

Factsheet: What is a Psychiatrist? What is a Psychologist?

 

French:

Factsheet: Antidepressants

Factsheet: Cognitvie Behavioural Therapy

Help is at hand: Self Harm

 

Gujurati

Factsheet: Depression

 

Hindi

Partners in Care: A checklist for people with mental health problems

Partners in Care: A checklist for carers of people with mental health problems

Factsheet: Depression

Help is at Hand: Self Harm

Factsheet: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

 

Persian

Help is at Hand: Antidepressants

Help is at Hand: Depression

Help is at Hand: Physical Illness and Mental Health

Help is at Hand: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Help is at Hand: Sleeping Well

 

Polish

Help is at Hand: Depression

 

Punjabi

Factsheet: Depression

 

Russian

Factsheet: Alcohol: Our Favourite Drug

 

Urdu

Partners in Care: A checklist for people with mental health problems
Partners in Care: A checklist for carers of people with mental health problems
Partners in Care: A checklist for psychiatrists
Factsheet: Antidepressants

Factsheet: Depression

Help is at Hand: Schizophrenia

Help is at Hand: Self-Harm and Self-Harm in brief

 

 

 

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Materials for parents, teachers and young people

Changing Minds: CD-ROM is designed to raise awareness of mental health problems in young people aged 13-17 years. Intended for use by teachers as part of the PSHE curriculum (Personal and Social Health Education and Citizenship – key stages 3 and 4), it provides creative teaching ideas for lessons. It includes interviews with young people on their views and experiences of mental health problems, videos and audi clips, cartoons, music and quizzes. It address six main areas of concern for young people and teachers: addictions, stress, eating disorders, depression, schizophrenia and self-harm.

£14.99 (see order form).

 

Mental Health and Growing Up factsheets (third edition): series of 36 factsheets, mainly for parents and teachers, providing practical and up-to-date information on mental health problems (emotional, behavioural and psychiatric) that can affect children and young people. Some factsheets have been written especially for young people.

The series can be purchased in printed format (ideal for photocopying) for £12.50 (see order form). Or, the factsheets are available to download free of charge, click here.

 

The 36 titles include: (those in bold have been especially written for young people).

The restless and excitable young child Good parenting Dealing with tantrums Behavioural problems and conduct disorder ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence Stimulant medication for hyperkinetic disorder and ADHD Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence Children who soil or wet themselves Children who do not go to school The child with general learning disability Specific learning difficulties Understanding autism and Asperger's syndrome Coping with stress Worries and anxieties Divorce or separation of parents Death in the family Parental mental illness Domestic violence

The emotional cost of bullying Child abuse and neglect Traumatic stress in children Schizophrenia Bipolar affective disorder in young people Depression in children and young people Obsessive compulsive disorder Worries about weight Eating disorders in young people Suicide and attempted suicide Deliberate self-harm in young people   Drugs and alcohol Child and adolescent psychiatrists - how they can help Psychotic illness

Now also available online in Arabic (see materials in other languages).

 

 

Stigma DVD: contains 2 films in one:

'Stigma' (9 min film) explores the origins and nature of mental illness and how it affects us all. Directed and narrated by Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Mark Salter. "You can judge a civilization by the way that it treats its mentall ill".

'1 in 4' (2 min film) was developed as part of the College's anti-stigma campaign. Aimed mainly at young adults between 15 and 25, this outstanding film uses some disturbing images to challenge our perceptions about mental health.

£15.00 (see order form).

 

 

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Materials for professionals

Being seen and heard: the needs of children of parents with mental illness is a multimedia training package (video and CD-ROM) for professionals working with adults with mental illness. It was developed, written and produced by Dr. Alan Cooklin, and focuses on the needs of young people who have to care for a family member. It provides creative and practical suggestions about working with parents with mental illness and their children.

£35.25 (see order form).

 

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Careers Information

Student career booklet

How do you become a psychiatrist? Find out more in this new career booklet which gives information on why, how and what makes psychiatry such an exciting career.

 

Medical student career booklet

This career booklet is aimed at medical students who are interested in a career in psychiatry. It offers information on the various specialties, examinations and the College, as well as personal accounts from consultants and trainees.

 

Both booklets are available free of charge from the Leaflets Department or see

www.rcpsych.ac.uk/training/careersinpsychiatry.aspx

 

 

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