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Whatever your problem : Get expert advice quickly

This may come from established experts, your friends, reading, the Internet. If you are faced with a problem with which you are not familiar, its time to Get Help

Where ever possible, don't let problems fester - knowing your luck, they will only get worse. Finding other people who have also been through the mill helps too! for example http://www.standtoreason.org.uk/home



1 Financial

2 Employment

3 Health Advice

1 Financial Advice

Money Guardian
Learn about money where you can. Web based information on a wide range of money related issues
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money

Money Saving Expert
A useful web based source of money saving information and ideas. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

National Debtline
A free, confidential, independent telephone helpline for people with debt problems in England, Wales and Scotland. Telephone 0808 808 4000
http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/

PayPlan
One of the country's leading debt advice agencies with over 12 years experience in helping people with their debt problems.
Telephone 0800 917 7823 http://www.payplan.com/

Consumer Credit Counselling Service
A charity that assists people who are in financial difficulty by providing free, independent, impartial and realistic advice. It is run by the Credit Industry, and has an interest in helping you pay your debts, as opposed to going bankrupt
Telephone 0800 138 1111 http://www.cccs.co.uk/

The UK Insolvency Helpline
The UK Insolvency Helpline is a national telephone helpline for people with debt problems all over the UK. The service is free, confidential and independent
Telephone 0800 0746918 Website http://www.insolvencyhelpline.co.uk/

For doctors Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
Helps GMC registered doctors and their dependants in need, if resident in the UK. http://www.rmbf.org/

2 Employment

Advice Flexible working Advice about flexible working and helping develop a life work balance that supports you and your family.
http://www.workingfamilies.org.uk/

Disability Discrimination
For Employers
A quick guide to your obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act
http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/page/6/92/

How to approach the problem of mental health in the workplace http://www.tacklementalhealth.org.uk/

For Employees,
Mental ill health is included in the Disability Discrimination legislation.

Disability is
(as described by the Disabilty Discrimination Act)
a) Long term, ie it has already lasted or is likely to last more than 12 months
b) Substantial - nothing too trivial
c) It has to affect a person’s ordinary day to day activity, even if treatment effectively controls the symptoms.

Addictions are excluded
Find out more http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/DG_4001068


3 Health Advice

i) Mental Health

Mental Health Foundation
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Mind Apples
A healthy mind
http://mindapples.org/

Information about depression
www.bluepages.anu.edu.au/symptoms.html

Free online Computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

http://www.moodgym.anu.edu.au/
http://www.myray.com/

ii) Lifestyle

Dr Liz Miller Top Ten Health tips
http://doctorbloggs.blogspot.com/2008/08/dr.html

iii) Diet

Improve your diet
http://www.sustainweb.org/pdf/MHRep_LowRes.pdf

The scientific evidence linking diet and mental health http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/?EntryId5=40150&q=0%c2%acchanging+diets%c2%ac iv)

iv) Reading list
The Natural Way to Beat Depression - Basant K. Puri, Hilary Boyd
Potatoes not Prozac - Kathleen DesMaisons
Manage your mind - Hope & Butler
Healing without Prozac – David Serban-Schreiber

Copyright Dr Liz Miller 2008