USEFUL CONTACTS

Advice and Support

Citizens Advice Scotland

Tel: +44 (0)131 667 0156 (will direct you to your nearest bureau)

Depression Alliance

PO Box 1022 London SE1 7QB

Tel: +44 (0)171 721 7672

Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous

36 Chestnut Avenue Beverley North Humberside HU17 9QU

Tel: +44 (0)1482 860619

Manic Depression Fellowship (Scotland)

7 Woodside Crescent Glasgow G3 7UL

Tel: +44 (0)141 331 0344

National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)

Claremont House, 130 Claremont Street, Edinburgh, EH7 4LB

Tel: +44 (0)131 557 8969

Samaritans

Tel: 0345 909090 (charged at local rate)

Telephone number above is on the inside front cover of all phone books, UK wide. The number routes caller to nearest Samaritans office which has an available line at time of calling.

Scottish Association for Mental Health

Cumbrae House, 15 Carlton Court, Glasgow, G5 9JP

Tel: +44 (0)141 568 7000

Seasonal Affective Disorders Association

PO Box 989 London SW7 2PZ

Tel: +44 (0)1903 814942

Time Out / Scottish Depression Support Groups

11 Queens Crescent Glasgow G4 9AS

Tel: +44 (0)141 337 2521

Advocacy

CAPS (Consultation and Advocacy Promotion Service)

5 Cadzow Place Edinburgh EH5 SN

Tel: +44 (0)131 585 7177

Glasgow Advocacy Network

Glasgow Association for Mental Health First Floor Melrose House 15-23 Cadogan Street Glasgow G2 6QQ

Tel: +44 (0)141 204 2270 or +44 (0)141 777 8000 (Woodilee Hospital)

For details of advocacy projects in other areas, contact the Scottish Association for Mental Health

Official Bodies

Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

K Floor, Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9SH

Tel: +44 (0)131 222 6111

Scottish Executive

Tel: 0345 741 741 Central Enquiry Unit