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Information about the importance of exercising with a neurological condition, the benefits, recommended amount of exercise and precautions.

When a person needs the help of mental health services this will also have an impact on the lives of those who care about them. This may include a partner, relatives, close friends and important others. Family meetings offer a place where those who are concerned can talk together with a member of staff in a relaxed manner.

Family Therapists offer therapeutic support to individuals who are troubled by a mental health problem and to their relatives or others who are close to them (for instance, partners or close friends).

This leaflet provides information about not eating or drinking (fasting) before ECT treatment for adults. The information provided is based on the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland guidelines for fasting times alongside input from medical professionals working at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

A Royal College of Psychiatrist's leaflet for people who are distressed, are experiencing suicidal thoughts or who self-harm. It will help you understand what is going on and about the help you can get.

Information by Royal College of Psychiatrists about staying safe. We all want to make sure that you know what help you can get to stay safe and how you can get it. We know that you may feel completely helpless - we’re just glad that you have taken the time to read this. In spite of feeling that you have no control over your life, there may be some things that you – and other people - can do to make things better. There will be people who really do want to help. You may know them already, like your family and friends, or they may be professionals who you have not met yet.

This leaflet provides information for people who are staying on Fellside ward. Fellside is an acute admission ward for men over the age of 18 years with mental health problems based at the Hadrian Clinic, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is an NHS self help booklet, there are suggestions for some steps you can take to develop a healthier lifestyle as well as some written exercises to help you decide what changes you would like to make.

We hope this leaflet will provide you with the information you need whilst attending the Forensic Outpatients Department. It includes information about the department and who is the service for as well as what will happen when you arrive at forensic outpatients.

This leaflet provides information for people who have been referred to the FES Clinic at Walkergate Park, Centre for Neurological Rehabilitation and Neuro-Psychiatry. FES is a treatment that uses small electrical charges to produce muscle activity or a muscle contraction.