Regular Psychological Services

The STEPS team based in Glasgow, Scotland offers a range of services to people with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Their website is an example of the spectrum of services that mainstream medical practitioners in this field provide to people suffering stress and more distressing conditions. It is easily navigable and affords some extra resources such as simple descriptions of the services, an outline of who administers them, statements on clinical standards and on the rights of would-be clients. It has made available for download a number of information brochures, and it has a comprehensive section focusing on self-help practices.

In particular, the website hosts an assessment interface where readers can measure their current levels of stress and of the related common states categorised as mental illness, mainly of the neurotic type. This can be located here - Glasgow STEPS - Assessment

The BBC website has recently produced a similar but much more glossy affair:
BBC - Headroom

A statistic exists that one in four people will suffer from mental illness in their lives. There is less known about those who encounter similar or worse trigger incidents in their lives, and yet they have somehow staved off severe mental suffering. People who blame themselves are easier to manipulate than those who have the resilience and social support to stand up for themselves. Justice in everyday dealings could have a surprising effect on the epidemic figures of mental illness on record.

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