Looking after someone with a mental health problem?  Looking for temporary work? The Mental Health Foundation is starting a two year research project on young carers looking after parents with mental health problems.  They are looking for a young carer to do 14 days of office work to support the project, as well as getting the young carers’ ...

We'd like to say a big ''thank you'' to Drew for taking part in our Question and Answer session last week and for his brilliant advice!  Thanks to you all too for asking such useful questions, hopefully the answers will be useful to lots of other people looking on this site. Youngcarers.net Team

Hi everyone, We know that there are quite a lot of you using our site who are caring for someone in your families with a mental health problem so next week, as it's World Mental Health Day, we're getting in our resident expert and mental health worker, Drew, to answer your questions. Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a cpn, ...

Heya, Im kiwi *Waves frantically to say hello* Im 17 and i care 4 my dad who has mental health problems. What type of mental health problems does ur mum have, my dad has schizophrenia. Do u find that you struggle to cope some days more than others, How old r u? How long has ur mum had the problems for?? Wb love Kiwi

Hey there, welcome to Y.C.Net  My mum suffers from mental health problems, but they are alot better than they used to be... How does her illness affect you; do you have any support for yourself, does anyone help you with your mum  does she have any support? sorry I hope I'm not intruding... Anyways I thought I might be able to ...

hiiya i care for my mumshe has amental health problem and i was wondering if theres anyone else out there who has the same problem if so do u wonna chat