Conditions and Medication

Information about conditions

Mental Health Conditions

The Royal College of Psychiatrists offers information written by doctors in collaboration with service users and carers. Find out more here:

•          Problems and disorders https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/problems-disorders
•       Support, care and treatment https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellbeing
•       Young people’s mental health https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/parents-and-young-people

Neurological Conditions

There are several organisations which offer information on neurological conditions:

•       Brain injury https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/
•       Stroke https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/types-of-brain-injury/stroke/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6NmHBhD2ARIsAI3hrM08S70qCx3uJYKMCL2-biA9Zs8InzCQXzvVJRusFS6xoTtT3LPusR4aAqeJEALw_wcB
•       Encephalitis https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/types-of-brain-injury/encephalitis/
•       Huntington’s disease https://www.hda.org.uk/huntingtons-disease/what-is-huntingtons-disease
•       Multiple Sclerosis https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/what-is-ms
•       Motor Neurone Disease https://www.mndassociation.org/about-mnd/what-is-mnd/

Learning Disabilities and Autism

Information is available on learning disabilities and associated conditions:

•       Learning disability https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained
•       Autism https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/conditions-linked-learning-disability/autism-and-aspergers-syndrome
•       Down’s syndrome https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/conditions-linked-learning-disability/downs-syndrome