Patient Resources
We have collated a list of useful resources you can direct patients to, please let us know if you there is a resource you think is useful which we haven’t included.
Type in a postcode and select the type of help required and it will populate a list of people and services available to the area.
Useful contact details for mental health
Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.
Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm
A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35. Available daily, 5pm to midnight.
Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems. Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD. Available daily, 10am to 10pm.
Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources. Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm.
A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Young suicide prevention society. Phone: HOPElineUK (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm, and 2pm to 5pm on weekends)
Support and advice for people living with mental illness. Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm.
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Free 24-hour helpline.
www.samaritans.org.uk
Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
Available 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
Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
Parents’ helpline open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm
Abuse (child, sexual, domestic violence)
Children’s charity dedicated to ending child abuse and child cruelty.
Phone: 0800 1111 for Childline for children (24-hour helpline)
Also for adults concerned about a child (24-hour helpline)
Addiction (drugs, alcohol, gambling)
Help with alcohol addiction. (24-hour helpline)
Alzheimer's
Provides information on dementia, including factsheets and helplines.
Phone: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and 10am to 4pm on weekends
Bereavement
Victims of Crime
To find your local services phone: daily, 12pm to 2.30pm and 7pm to 9.30pm
Eating Disorders
Learning Disabilities
Charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers. Phone: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5p
Parenting
Advice on all aspects of parenting, including dealing with bullying. Phone: Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm and Saturday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm
