Useful Links and Resources

Seeking Medical Assistance

Contacting a GP or Mental Health Professional

If you live in the UK and would like to locate a GP or mental health professional please visit www.nhs.uk/Service-Search. You can also visit your GP to find out if general counselling is available in your area. Your GP can advise whether a referral would help you. If you live outside of the UK please contact your national health service.

Helplines

• Saneline
  Helpline providing information on mental health. Also offers emotional and crisis support to people experiencing mental illness, their family/carers and friends.
  Phone: 0845 767 8000 (12pm- 2am every day)
  E-mail: sane@saneline.org
  Website: www.sane.org.uk
• The Samaritans
  The Samaritans provide 24 hour, confidential, emotional support for anyone in crisis.
  Phone: 08457 909090 (24 hours)
  Website: www.samaritans.org
• NHS Direct
  National nurse-led helpline providing medical advice. If not available in your area, you will hear a message inviting you to ring the Health Information Service instead.
  Phone: 0845 4647 (0845 4 NHS)

Emergency

In an emergency it is also possible to visit your local Accident and Emergency department and ask to see the duty psychiatrist or call the National Emergency Service.

Mental Health

• www.mentalhealth.org.uk
• www.mind.org.uk
• www.nimh.nih.gov

Depression

• www.nhs.uk/conditions/Depression
• www.depressionalliance.org/
• www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/depression

Anxiety

• www.nhs.uk/conditions/Anxiety
• www.anxietyuk.org.uk/
• www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/anxiety

Stress

• www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/low-mood-stress-anxiety.aspx
• www.stress.org.uk
• www.hse.gov.uk/stress/
• www.isma.org.uk/

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