Links

A number of health profession organisations and mental health charities provide information and support. Some of them also keep registers of cognitive therapists (though being listed doesn't mean a particular therapist is a specialist in suspicious thoughts). We list the organisations within a country alphabetically.

UK
Europe
USA
The Overcoming Books
Research

UK

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
The Globe Centre
PO Box 9
Accrington
BB5 0XB
Tel. No. 01254 875277
Web site: www.babcp.org.uk
Email: babcp@babcp.com
Lists accredited cognitive therapists.

British Psychological Society
St. Andrews House
48 Princess Road East
Leicester
LE1 7DR
Tel. 0116 254 9568
Web site: www.bps.org.uk
Email: enquiry@bps.org.uk
Lists chartered clinical psychologists.

The Mental Health Foundation
9^th Floor
Sea Containers House
20 Upper Ground
London SE1 9QB
Tel. 0207 803 1100
Web site: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

MIND (National Association for Mental Health)
15-19 Broadway, London E15 4BQ
tel. 020 8519 2122
Information line: 0845 766 0163
Web site: www.mind.org.uk
Email: contact@mind.org.uk

Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre
Psychology Department
Warneford Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7JX
Tel. 01865 223986
Web site: www.octc.co.uk

Rethink
30 Tabernacle Street
London
EC2A 4DD
Rethink general enquiries:
Tel. 0845 456 0455 or email: info@rethink.org
National Advice service:
Tel. 0208 974 6814 or email: advice@rethink.org
Web site: www.rethink.org

The Royal College of Psychiatrists
17 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PG
Tel. 0207 235 2351
Web site: www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Email:rcpsych@rcpsych.ac.uk

SANE
1^st Floor
Cityside House
40 Adler Street
London E1 1EE
Tel. 0207 375 1002
SANELINE (helpline): 0845 767 8000
Web site: www.sane.org.uk

The South London and Maudsley NHS Trust/Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
The Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AZ
Web sites:
www.iop.kcl.ac.uk
www.slam.nhs.uk
www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk

Mental Health Medication Helpline: 0207 919 2999

The Trust's PICuP Clinic provides CBT for severe paranoia, although referrals have to be from a community mental health team.
The PICuP Clinic (Psychological Intervention Clinic for Outpatients with Psychosis) can be contacted on: Tel. No. 0207 919 3524.
Email: picup@iop.kcl.ac.uk

Europe

The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (EABCT)
Web site (www.eabct.com) provides links to national cognitive therapy organisations in Europe. It lists, for example, the Web site for the Netherlands Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy (which keeps a register of cognitive therapists): www.vgct.nl

USA

The Academy of Cognitive Therapy
Web site: www.academyofct.org
Email: info@academyofct.org
Lists accredited cognitive therapists in the US and many other countries

American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209
APA Answer Centre: 1-888-35-PSYCH
From outside the US and Canada: 1-703-907-7300
Web site: www.psych.org
Email: apa@psych.org

American Psychological Society
750 First Street
NE, Washington
DC 20002-4242
Telephone: (800) 374-2721 or (202) 336-5500
Web site: www.apa.org
Keeps a register of psychologists.

The Association for the Advancement of Behaviour Therapy
305 Seventh Avenue - 16^th Floor
New York
NY 10001-6008
Tel. 212 647 1890
Web site: www.aabt.org
Keeps a directory of cognitive and behaviour therapists

Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research
One Belmont Avenue, Suite 700
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-1610
Phone: 610-664-3020
Web site: www.beckinstitute.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
Information Helpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
Web site: www.nami.org

National Institute of Mental Health
Public Information and Communications Branch
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Phone numbers:
301-443-4513 (local)
1-866-615-6464 (toll-free)
Web site: www.nimh.nih.gov
Email: nimhinfo@nih.gov

National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
National Mental Health Association
2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
Alexandria, Virginia 22311
Tel. No. (703) 684-7722
Web site: www.nmha.org

The Overcoming Books

Constable and Robinson Ltd publish an excellent series of self-help books on a range of topics. Please see their website:
www.overcoming.co.uk

Research

Our work is funded by the Wellcome Trust. The Wellcome Trust is an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. Established in 1936 and with an endowment of around £15 billion, it is the UK's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research.