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A-Z mental health | Mind, the mental health charity – help for mental health problems
A comprehensive list of mental health issues, treatments, self-care and useful contacts compiled by Mind, the mental health charity
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/self-help-therapies/
Information and links to sources of self-help approved by the NHS
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
Providing useful resources to help you spot the signs of common mental health concerns, offering practical self-care tips and guidance, and explains when to seek further support. There is a free NHS approved online tool on the Every Mind Matters website, which helps you build an action plan to deal with stress and anxiety, boost your mood, improve your sleep and help you feel more in control.
This online tool is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality, practical and user-friendly training in life skills. The course content teaches key knowledge in how to tackle and respond to issues/demands which we all meet in our everyday lives
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) has been proven to help mental health problems. This website offers CBT self-help information, resources and including therapy worksheets
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/
Whatever you need to know about coping with stress, anxiety or depression, or just the normal emotional ups and downs of life, the NHS Choices Moodzone is here to help. It offers practical advice, interactive tools, videos and audio guides to help you feel mentally and emotionally better.
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Learn to meditate in just 10 minutes a day with the Headspace app. Daily meditation has been shown to help people stress less, exercise more and even sleep better. *10 day free trial.
Phone: 0800 917 7650 (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Provides information on dementia, including factsheets and helplines.
Phone: 0300 222 1122 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and 10am to 4pm on weekends)
Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk
Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition. Phone: 03444 775 774 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)
Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Nationwide mental health support talking groups for men who have either been through a storm, are currently going through a storm or have a storm brewing in life.
Website: https://andysmanclub.co.uk
Email: info@andysmanclub.co.uk
Facebook: Andy’s Man Club
Phone: 0808 801 0677 (adults) or 0808 801 0711 (for under-18s)
Website: www.b-eat.co.uk
A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
Website: www.bipolaruk.org.uk
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (daily, 5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
Phone: 0808 808 1677 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Advice on all aspects of parenting, including dealing with bullying.
Phone: 0808 800 2222 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm and Saturday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm)
Website: www.familylives.org.uk
A chance for men suffering with anxiety, depression and grief to talk with other fellow sufferers.
Website: https://linktr.ee/formentotalk
LGBT Foundation has temporarily shifted to a remote service. Phone: 0345 3 30 30 30, Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm
Website: http://lgbt.foundation/coronavirus/remote-services
Please call 01823 334244 to speak to us confidentially. Our confidential helpline is available for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence across the UK as well as their friends, family, neighbours, work colleagues and employers.
Website: https://www.mankind.org.uk
Charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
Phone: 0808 808 1111 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Website: www.mencap.org.uk
24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email.
Website: www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems. Phone: 0300 123 3393 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm)
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Phone: 0300 999 1212 (daily, 10am to midnight)
Website: www.ukna.org
Phone: 0808 8020 133 (daily, 8am to midnight)
Website: www.begambleaware.org
Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.
Phone: 0844 967 4848 (daily, 10am to 10pm). Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider’s Access Charge
Website: www.nopanic.org.uk
Children’s charity dedicated to ending child abuse and child cruelty.
Phone: 0800 1111 for Childline for children (24-hour helpline)
0808 800 5000 for adults concerned about a child (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.nspcc.org.uk
Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.
Phone: 0845 390 6232 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm). Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider’s Access Charge
Website: www.ocdaction.org.uk
A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments.
Phone: 0333 212 7890 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Website: www.ocduk.org
Young suicide prevention society. The helpline is targeted at:
Phone: HOPELINEUK 0800 068 4141 (9am – midnight every day of the year – Weekends and Bank Holidays included)
Text: 07860 039 967
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
To find your local services phone: 0808 802 9999 (daily, 12pm to 2.30pm and 7pm to 9.30pm)
Website: www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Advice on dealing with domestic violence.
Phone: 0808 2000 247 (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
Phone: 0300 5000 927 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
Website: www.rethink.org
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (daily, 4.30pm to 10.30pm)
Textcare: comfort and care via text message, sent when the person needs it most: www.sane.org.uk/textcare
Peer support forum: www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
Website: www.sane.org.uk/support
Women’s Aid is a grassroots federation working together to provide life-saving services in England and build a future where domestic abuse is not tolerated.Phone: Domestic Abuse Directory – Womens Aid
Website: https://womensaid.org.uk
Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
Phone: Parents’ helpline 0808 802 5544 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
Phone: 0808 168 9111 (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.victimsupport.org
This service offers one-to-one support and structured courses for anyone experiencing common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. It is available to anyone who is registered with a GP in Manchester and is aged 18 years and above.
For people wanting further details, please visit: https://www.selfhelpservices.org.uk/service/manchester-psychological-wellbeing-service/
Evidenced based psychological interventions to support people experiencing common mental health problems including anxiety, depression and stress.
See what is available in Bolton, Trafford, Salford, Wigan and Manchester
Advice on all aspects of parenting, including dealing with bullying.
Phone: 0808 800 2222 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm and Saturday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm)
Website: www.familylives.org.uk
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings. They are made up of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Practitioners and also Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs).
The Wellbeing Hub combines IAPT and Gateway services to support patients with common mental health problems in the community and acts as a resource for GPs and other community services. It is also a single point of access into secondary care mental health services.
https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/services-and-locations/services/central-cheshire-wellbeing-hub/