The new evidence-based website will help relatives and friends of people with psychosis - including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - navigate through the many myths and misinformation about psychosis
The website mentalhealthcare.org.uk, explains mental health terms, provides information about medication and other treatments such as talking therapies and sets out how mental health services work. All information on the website is based on research carried out to learn more about the causes of psychosis in order to develop better treatments or improve existing ones.
According to a consultation carried out with carers across the UK reliable information that is quickly and easily available was near the top of their wish list. They also said that while there are many websites about psychosis on the internet, there are few British ones, and few that are reliable. Of those available, it is hard to know which to believe as they often say completely different things.
mentalhealthcare.org.uk aims to address these key issues by providing video interviews with health professionals and researchers talking about different aspects of psychosis, treatment and care, summaries of Institute of Psychiatry research about psychosis, written in plain English, and Ask the Pharmacist, Ask the Psychologist and Ask the Psychiatrist pages where visitors to the site can submit general questions.
For more information visit The Wellcome Trust's website.
View the Mental Healthcare's website.