Mental health support
Mental health helplines
- ISM members' counselling and advice line
- Samaritans (emotional support for anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide) 116 123 (24hrs) or email [email protected]
- SANEline (mental health, emotional support, suicide) 0300 304 7000 (6pm - 11pm every evening)
- Mind Advice Line (information on all mental health problems): 0300 123 3393, [email protected], text: 86463 (helpline: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays)
- Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 769 7555 (24hrs)
- Anxiety Alliance 0845 2967877 (10am-10pm everyday)
- Anxiety UK 08444 775 774 (Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5.30pm)
- B-eat Eating Disorder Association 08456 341 414 (3pm - 10pm everyday)
- Bipolar UK Support Line (Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression): 0333 323 3880 (Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm)
- CALM (support for men in the UK, of any age, who are down or in crisis) 0800 58 58 58 (nationwide) 0808 802 58 58 (London). 5pm - midnight everyday
- Narcotics Anonymous 0300 999 1212 (10am - midnight)
- No Panic (Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and other related anxiety disorders including those people who are trying to give up Tranquillizers) 0844 967 4848 (10am-10pm everyday)
- OCD Action 0300 636 5478, [email protected] Monday – Friday 9.30am – 5pm)
- SupportLine (emotional support): 01708 765200
Other useful helplines
- Age UK national advice line: 0800 678 1174. (8am to 7pm 365 days a year)
- Cruse Bereavement Care 0844 477 9400 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
- National Bullying Helpline (workplace bullying): 0845 22 55 787
- Nightline (support for students): https://www.nightline.ac.uk
- Rape Crisis 0808 802 9999 (daily, 12-2.30pm, 7-9.30pm)
- Switchboard (LGBT+ helpline) 0300 330 0630 or email [email protected]
- Victim Support 08 08 16 89 111 (weekdays: 8am-8pm, weekends: 24hrs)
Mental health charities
- Addaction (addiction and mental health) www.addaction.org.uk
- Alcoholics Anonymous www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
- Anxiety Alliance (anxiety disorders) www.anxietyalliance.org.uk
- Anxiety UK (anxiety disorders, panic, phobias and OCD) www.anxietyuk.org.uk
- Beat (eating disorders): www.b-eat.co.uk
- Bipolar UKhttps://www.bipolaruk.org/
- Narcotics Anonymous http://ukna.org
- No Panic (Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and other related anxiety disorders including those people who are trying to give up Tranquillizers) www.nopanic.org.uk
- OCD Actionwww.ocdaction.org.uk
- PTSD UK (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder advice, support, support): www.ptsduk.org
- Rethink (mental health advice, support, campaigning) www.rethink.org
- SANE (mental illness and suicide. Advice, support, campaigning) www.sane.org.uk
- Time to Change (mental health advice, blogs and campaigning) www.time-to-change.org.uk
Other useful organisations
- NAPAC (advice and support for those recovering from child abuse): http://napac.org.uk
- The Survivors Trust (advice and support for survivors of sexual violence): http://thesurvivorstrust.org
- Victim Support (advice and support for victims of crime): www.victimsupport.org.uk
- Rape Crisis: www.rapecrisis.org.uk
- Refuge (domestic violence): www.refuge.org.uk
- Cruse Bereavement Care: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
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