If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis and need urgent help:
- If you or someone else is in danger: call 999 or go to A&E now.
- For urgent mental health support that’s not an emergency: call 111 and select the mental health option.
- See your GP urgently if you’re experiencing hallucinations or delusions.
Other resources:
- Samaritans 24-hour phone and text support: call free on 116 123. https://www.samaritans.org/
- Shout confidential 24/7 crisis text support: text SHOUT to 85258 https://www.giveusashout.org
- Papyrus 24/7 crisis support for young people under 35: call HOPELINE247 on 0800 068 4141, text 07786 209697 https://papyrus-uk.org
- Childline under 19s support (NB. The number won’t appear on your phone bill): 0800 1111 https://www.childline.org.uk
- CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), for people in the UK who are feeling down: 0800 585858 (daily, 5pm to midnight). Free anonymised webchat: https://www.thecalmzone.net/get-support
- https://www.thecalmzone.net/
The Hub of Hope:
- Hub of Hope national database of local mental health services https://hubofhope.co.uk/
- No matter what you're going through, you should not have to do it alone. The Hub of Hope is a national database that brings together local mental health services.