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Depression Awareness Week 21-25 April 2008

What is an intervention?

An intervention is an activity or treatment that we know can be helpful in fighting the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. When talking about stress, anxiety and depression we use the term ’Common Mental Health problems’

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These interventions help people to identify how their thinking and behaviour can change during a period of illness and how to change them to help lift your mood.

 Self Help interventions such as Bibliotherapy are known to help. Bibliotherapy is a fancy name for using books to help manage our symptoms. Some of these books can be ‘prescribed’ by healthcare professional and picked up from your local library using the prescription. The libraries also have the same set of books on the public lending shelves. A list of these books can be found in step two of the directory.

 Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CCBT) is psychological therapy provided by computer. These programme have been recognised as being an effective method of identifying the thoughts and behaviour that can keep low mood and anxiety going. There are a few CCBT programmes available on the World Wide Web with a good evidence base for helping people.

Sometimes it will be necessary for your doctor to refer you for some’ talking therapy’ if self help does not work.

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Adult Learning Disability Service

Adult Placement (OMBC)

AIDS Prevention Team - Oldham

Alcohol & Drugs Service (ADS)

Alcoholics Anonymous

Asian Girls/ Young Women's Project

Beeches Day Services, The

Bereavement Support Service, Oldham

Booth Street Centre, The

Cancer Aid Network (CAN)

Community Occupational Therapy

Connexions - Oldham Careers Service

Counsellors in Primary Care

Crossroads - Caring for Carers

Domestic Violence Helpline

Domestic Violence Helpline-Manchester

Domestic Violence Legal Advocacy Project

Drugline (Lancashire)

First Response Service

Floating Support Team THP (Threshold Housing Project)

George House Trust

Greater Manchester Cruse Bereavement Care

Home Support Services (for Older People)

Homeless Single Women THP (Threshold Housing Project)

Hospital Social Work Team, The

Keyring Living Support Network

Lifeline Manchester

Lifeline Project Limited

Mental Health Support Line

Mental Health Team for Homeless People

Mind, Tameside & Glossop Association of

Off the Record

OPUS (Mental Health Employment)

Phobics Society, National

Pinfold Lane Centre

Rape Crisis Line, Manchester

Relate (Greater Manchester North)

Relate (National)

Samaritans - Rochdale, Oldham and District

Samaritans National Line

Saneline

Short Stay Care for Older People

Social Work Services - Older People

St Mary's Centre

Thanet Phobic Group

Trauma Centre

United Response

Victims of Torture, Medical Foundation for the Care of

Women  & # 039;s Domestic Violence Helpline

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