Head Injury Symptoms
a Guide to Recovering from Mild Head Injury, Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Links & Downloads
Head Injury
SIGN 110 - The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) provides national guidelines on various topics. This one focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of head injuries.
Headache
Migraine Trust - The Migraine Trust is an organisation providing information and promoting research on migraine to reduce its burden on sufferers.
Download the patient information leaflet on Chronic Daily Headache
SIGN 107 - The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) provides national guidelines on various topics. This one focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of headache in adults.
Fatigue
Royal College of Psychiatrists - The RCP website has a very informative page on tiredness, explaining reasons for being tired and providing all sorts of tips on beating tiredness.
Sleep
'How to Improve Your Sleep' - An article written by Professor Colin Espie published in the Guardian.
Moodjuice Sleep Problems Self Help Guide - Moodjuice is a website developed by Choose Life Falkirk and the Adult Clinical Psychology Service, NHS Forth Valley. They have a very helpful self help guide to help you cope with sleeping problems.
Sleeping Problems Self Help Guide - On the website of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, a wide range of self help leaflets is offered. This one contains information on sleep and sleep problems and describes healthy sleep habits.
The Sleep Council - The Sleep Council is a website funded by the trade association for British bed manufacturers. They aim to raise awareness of the importance of a good night’s sleep to health and wellbeing and provide advice and tips on how to improve sleep quality.
Controlling Anger Self Help Guide - On the website of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, a wide range of self help leaflets is offered. This one contains information on anger and how you can learn to control your frustration and anger.
NeuroSymptoms - On this website you can find information on what dissociative, or 'non-epileptic' attacks are and what you can do about them. You can also download the following leaflets from this website:
Download the patient information leaflet called 'What are Dissociative (Non-Epileptic) Attacks?'
Download the patient information leaflet called 'Treatment Advice for Dissociative Attacks'
Non-Epileptic Attacks - A website with lots of information about dissociative (non-epileptic) attacks.
Health Anxiety Self Help Guide - On the website of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, a wide range of self help leaflets is offered. This one contains information on worries about your health and what you can do to cope with them.
NHS Health Anxiety - The NHS website has a page on health anxiety with information and useful links.
NHS PTSD - The NHS website has a page on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), explaining what PTSD is and what the treatment options are.
Moodjuice Anxiety Self Help Guide - Moodjuice is a website developed by Choose Life Falkirk and the Adult Clinical Psychology Service, NHS Forth Valley. Their anxiety self help guide might be helpful if you are feeling nervous or anxious or when you are spending a lot of time worrying. It contains strategies to reduce anxiety.
Moodjuice Depression Self Help Guide - Moodjuice is a website developed by Choose Life Falkirk and the Adult Clinical Psychology Service, NHS Forth Valley. Their depression self help guide explains about depression and provides lots of tips and exercises to cope with it.
Depression and Low Mood Self Help Guide - On the website of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, a wide range of self help leaflets is offered. This one contains information on low mood, recognising depression, and what you can do about it.
Mind - Mind is an organisation providing advice and support to empower people with mental health problems. Their website is full of useful information and stories. It also contains a nice page on what friends and family can do to help.
NHS - The NHS website has a page on depression with information and useful links.
Alcohol and You Self Help Guide - On the website of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, a wide range of self help leaflets is offered. This one contains information on alcohol use, problems associated with it and ways to control your drinking.
DrinkAware - Provides information and resources on alcohol, the dangers of drinking and tips to cut down intake.
Alcoholics Anonymous - Information, advice and support to help people recover from alcoholism.
