UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has information leaflets on Stress and Tips on How to Avoid It and Acute Reaction to Stress.

 NHS Stressline

Tel: 0300 123 2000 - open daily from 8am-10pm.
If you're feeling stressed because of job insecurity, redundancy, debt or financial problems, don't wait for things to get really bad before you seek help. This helpline is here to help you and to direct you to appropriate resources and services.

 Stress, Anxiety, Depression Confidential Helpline

Aims to encourage individuals suffering with Stress, Anxiety and Depression to seek professional help and any treatment from their general practitioner, and at the same time to educate on the benefits of selfhelp strategies like relaxation, exercise, stress management techniques, etc., to reduce the impact of the illness on their lives, their families lives and to help reduce the risk of future relapse.

 Stress

Self-help guide from Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust.

 Prisoner Stress and Anxiety

Self-help guide from Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust.

 Stress

Self-help guide from Moodjuice, an Internet site developed by Choose Life Falkirk and the Adult Clinical Psychology Service, NHS Forth Valley.

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Information from the Mental Health Foundation.

 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Provide a range of information leaflets about stress.

 Centre for Stress Management

A training centre and consultancy mainly of interest to professionals but the site includes information for the general public including a Client Checklist recommended to individuals who are about to enter psychotherapy or counselling at any institute.

 UK National Work-Stress Network

Is committed to the eradication of the causes of work-related stress and associated illnesses.

 Harley Street Stress Management Clinic

A centre for stress management in Harley Street, London, but the website also includes helpful general information about stress, anxiety, phobias and related disorders.

 Wholeheart Works

Wholeheart Works is dedicated to inspiring and supporting business integrate well being at work and create wholehearted communities. Areas of expertise include Psychotherapy, Workplace Counselling, Stress Management, Team Building, Executive Coaching and Change management.

 MIND

MIND, one of Britain's leading mental health charities provides a series of leaflets on stress.

 Rural Stress Helpline

The Rural Stress Helpline is a confidential telephone listening service for anyone in a rural area feeling troubled, anxious, worried, stressed or needing information.

 Stress

Information from BUPA.

 Stress in the workplace

Information from BUPA.

 Stress

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

See also the Patient UK anxiety and phobia page

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.