20 Helpful Links, Support Services, & Helplines (all UK
based)
ALWAYS RING 999 IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION
1.
For basic
information on mental health diagnosis’:
Mental
health conditions - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
2.
Help for Children
and Young People:
3.
For learning
the legal rights, you still have despite being sectioned:
Your
rights under the Mental Health Act - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)
4.
Samaritans
Information and Contact details:
Samaritans | Every life lost
to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen
5.
To find your
local Crisis Services:
Mental
health crisis teams - Mind
6.
Some Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy details and information:
DBT: Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy | Get.gg - Getselfhelp.co.uk
7.
Help and
support after rape and sexual abuse:
8.
To get coping
strategies for Anxiety:
9.
Campaign
Against Living Miserably (CALM) webchat support service:
Get Help &
Support With… | Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (thecalmzone.net)
10.
A supportive
listening service for suicidal thoughts:
National
Suicide Prevention Helpline Uk » Home (spuk.org.uk)
11.
Recommendations
for help and support with self-harm:
Where
to get help for self-harm - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
12.
Information
on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy:
Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy (CBT) | Royal College of Psychiatrists (rcpsych.ac.uk)
13.
Confidential email
support for those at risk of suicide:
14.
Support for
pet loss and bereavement:
Blue
Cross Pet Bereavement Support Service | Pet Loss
15.
Crisis messenger
service for young people aged 25 and below:
16.
To learn more
about psychiatric treatments – including different medications:
Talking
therapies, medicine and psychiatry - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
17.
NHS self-help
techniques to improve a low mood:
Improving
low mood - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
18.
To see if
your education establishment has a student-run listening service or similar
helpline:
Listening
Services Run by Students, For Students (nightline.ac.uk)
19.
Take an NHS quiz
to find out if you have insomnia to begin treating it:
20.
Advice and
support for LGBT people:
Advice
and Support for LGBT people - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For readers outside of the UK,
there’s a tool to search for the emotional support and helplines available in your
own country:
Befrienders Worldwide | Emotional support
to prevent suicide worldwide