About jewish mental health

Comprehensive resource of jewish mental health services in the greater london region

This website has been set up to help people in the Jewish community with mental health problems, their carers, and mental health professionals, to find out more easily what services are available to them in Greater London. To do this, this website (and also a paper-based prospectus) have been set up listing all the different types of services, where and when they are offered and by whom.

We think this model of working across the whole Jewish community, despite differences in religious observance. is important. Because from one organisation's perspective, the other's practice may be seen as not reflecting their own values, providers are frequently not good at talking to each other or sharing information. This means provision is sometimes duplicated while at the same time needs go unmet. Equally, potential service users can find it very hard to find the provision they desperately need because potential referrers such as doctors and, indeed, other service providers are unaware of what is available in the community as a whole. This situation is not restricted to the Jewish community - other faith communities and providers of culturally specific services also suffer from the same barriers to access and choice. We will therefore share what we learn in developing this resource with other communities who may be interested in it.