If you need support please contact
your nearest mental health service provider
While we make every effort to provide a broad range of links to external resources and information, we are not responsibile for the information held or automatically endorse the sites listed.
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UK
Sites listed below are primarily based within the UK
Emergency Numbers
In an emergency:
- Call 999 or go to your local A&E department
If you're in crisis and need to speak to someone:
- Call NHS 111 (for when you need help but are not in immediate danger)
- Contact your GP and ask for an emergency appointment
- Contact theSamaritans
116 123 (free), 24 hours a day - Use the'Shout' crisis text line- text SHOUT to 85258
General Websites
- Mental Health Foundation
- provides useful information on a range of mental health difficulties, as well as resources to support your wellbeing
- Mentally Healthy Schools
- has a wide range of information for schools and teachers to support young people’s mental health
- Mental Health and Money Advice
- provides practical advice and support for people experiencing issues with mental health and money
- Me and My Mind
- has some useful information for young people who may be having unusual experiences, such as paranoia or hearing voices
Mental Health Organisations
- Anxiety UK
03444 775 774(Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)
Website:www.anxietyuk.org.uk - Bipolar UK
Website:www.bipolaruk.org.uk - CALM
Website:www.thecalmzone.net - Men’s Health Forum
www.menshealthforum.org.uk/beatstress.uk - Mental Health Foundation
www.mentalhealth.org.uk - Mind
www.mind.org.uk - No Panic
www.nopanic.org.uk - OCD UK
www.ocduk.org - PAPYRUS
www.papyrus-uk.org - Rethink Mental Illness
www.rethink.org - SANE
Textcare: comfort and care via text www.sane.org.uk/textcare
Peer support forum:www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
Website:www.sane.org.uk/support - YoungMinds
Parents’ helpline0808 802 5544
www.youngminds.org.uk/ - NSPCC
0800 1111 for Childline for children (24-hour helpline)
0808 800 5000 if concerned about a child (24-hour) - www.nspcc.org.uk
- Refuge
0808 2000 247(24-hour helpline)
www.refuge.org.uk - Alcohol misuseAlcoholics Anonymous
0800 917 7650(24-hour helpline)
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk - SMART Recovery UK
0330 053 6022
smartrecovery.org.uk - Alzheimer’s Society
0300 222 1122
www.alzheimers.org.uk - Cruse Bereavement Care
0808 808 1677
www.cruse.org.uk/home - Rape Crisis
0808 802 9999
www.rapecrisis.org.uk
USA & CANADA
Sites listed below are primarily based within th United States of America & Canada
Emergency Numbers - 911
- Mental Health America - 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- HopeLine
- Crisis Services Canada
1-833-456-4566 toll free
(In QC: 1-866-277-3553)
- Mental Health Mobile Crisis Line - 902-429-8167
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
Association Candienne Pour la Prevention Du Suicide
819-339-3356
– Many links to province specific organisations
General Websites
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA)
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Canadian Mental Health Association
Free emotional well being resources
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
- Mindfulness Resources, The Center for Mindful Living:
- Guided Meditations in English & Spanish:
- Online Yoga, All Levels:
- Crisis Text Line: free 24/7 text-based crisis intervention: text HOME to 741741
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The Link Between Suicide + Substance Abuse
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Signs of Drug Dependancy
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How to Deal with FOMO in College
Mindfulness & Guided Meditation
- AfroFlow Yoga:
- The Center for Mindful Living- inspiring videos, free mindfulness teachings, and guided meditation
- Meditations led by Tara Brach, PhD-
- UCLA - free guided meditations
- Spanish - information of mindfulness and guided meditations:
Black-led Resources for Mental Health
- The Nap Ministry
- Liberate meditation app
(by and for Black, Indigenous and People of Color) - Black Girl in Om
- Shine
- The Underbelly Yoga
- Beronda Montgomery (mentoring,leadership)
- Women's Health in Women's Hands
- The Black Health Alliance
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Black Virtual Therapist Network
- Project Lets Race and Mental Health
- 12 Black Mental Health & Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram
- Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: 8 ways to support yourself
- Raising Hope: Parenting in an anti-Black environment
- Therapy for black men
- Association of Black Psychologists
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Legacy of Trauma: Context of the African American Existence
- Lumos Transfomos
- Therapy Resources for People of Color