Mental Health Support
Phone Services
- TEXT shout to 85258 for support in a crisis
- TESS text support (girls/young women affected by self-harm) – 07537 432 444 (7pm – 9.30pm every day except Saturdays)
- ChildLine Telephone Support – 0800 1111
- Samaritans telephone support – 116 123
- Mind – 0300 123 3393 info@mind.org.uk Text: 86463 (9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays)).
- Papyrus (Prevention of Young Suicide) Hope Line 0800 068 4141. Email pat@papyrus-uk.org (9am – 10pm weekdays 2pm – 10pm weekends)
- ChatHealth Parent Line 5-19: Text 07312 263 499
- ChatHealth Young People 11-19: Text 07312 263 096
There is also lots of support online:
Websites:
- Young Minds – www.youngminds.org.uk
- Kooth – on-line counselling/support for young people www.kooth.com
- Savvy Kernow – health/well-being/help/advice https://www.supportincornwall.org.uk
- Mind – www.mind.org.uk
- Samaritans – www.samaritans.org
- Outlook South West – www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/outlook-south-west/
- Minded for families, children and young people – mindedforfamilies.org.uk
- School Nursing team - www.cornwall.gov.uk/schoolnursing
APPS
- Smiling Mind – A meditation app that aims to bring balance to individual’s lives, to assist with depression, anxiety and stress, to manage unhelpful thoughts.
- SAM (self-help and anxiety management) – An app designed to help people manage their anxiety levels and identify different triggers
- Sanvello – Uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and relaxations-based techniques to help with anxiety, depression and stress
- Sleepio – A six-week tailored programme accessed online designed to treat insomnia and in doing so help with anxiety and depressions.
- Calm Harm – An app to support you in managing self-harm urges with a variety of techniques •Self-Heal – Supports reduction of self-injury. Offers short and long-term coping strategies.
- Stay Alive – Offers support both to those experiencing thoughts of suicide and to those concerned about someone else.
Social Media
- Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink
- School Mental Health @SchoolMHealth
- Mental Health First Aid England @MHFAEngland
- Dr Pooky Knightsmith @PookyH
- Natasha Deveon @_NatashaDevon
- Young Minds @YoungMindsUK
- Samaritans @Samaritans
- Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth
- SANE @CharitySANE
- Heads Together @heads_together
- Mind @MindCharity
- Time to change @TimetoChange