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Mind in Furness Drop-in Centre
Welcome to the new Mind in Furness website.
Mind in Furness is a local mental health charity based in Barrow-in-Furness.
We run a drop-in centre at our main office in School Street and Coniston House, a 24 hour supported housing scheme in partnership with Accent Foundation.
For details of our 2010 AGM report click ...
[ Here for PDF download ]
Some useful links to the UK Mind web pages..
New benefit test will fail to spot illness and disability
Tens of thousands of people with mental health problems could be assessed as fit for work, under new revisions to sickness benefit test.
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Depression
If you are depressed, you may feel that nothing can help. Deciding to do something is the most important step you can take.
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Anxiety
Read about how to address many anxiety related issues and gain control of your life
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder (manic-depression) consists of periods of mania and depression.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is classed as a 'thought disorder' with 'positive' and 'negative' symptoms.
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Dissociative Disorders
There are differing types of dissociative disorders, with some complex disorders hard to recognise or diagnose.
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