Mental Health
Dylan Roberts is our Mental Health Nurse Practioner and is here daily. He is able to offer an alternative choice to you GP for short or longer term mental health conditional and can help with any aspect of Mental Health & emotional wellbeing. He is also our Dementia & Learning Disability lead.
In addition we also have Alina on a Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday via our Primary Care Network for new presenting mental heath needs and provide initial support and diagnosis through short interventions.
Useful Contact Numbers
Access to Mental Health – 24/7 phone line for all mental health enquiries, including crisis- 0808 196 4501
IAPT – 0300 123 6020
Frequently Used & Local Services
Hamar Centre – Counselling and support for those with a cancer diagnosis
Cruse – 0808 808 1677
Samaritans – 116 123 from any phone
Kooth 11-25 online counselling
No panic – Helpline 10 am -10pm 0844 967 4848
Living Life to the full – Free CBT courses low mood, stress anxiety
Mood juice – Self help resource site
Young Minds – CAMH charity-blogs and support network
Beam – Drop in centres in shropshire for young people
Beat – Eating disorder support
Shropshire Bereavement Services – 0345 678 9028
Happy Maps – (for parents of young people with behavioural/mental health problems)
Greenoak counselling Frankwell
Shropshire Recovery Partnership
Axis – 01743 357 777 (counselling following sexual trauma)
headspace – (also available as an app)
National Helpers Resource Papyrus
Guideposts Self-help tools & apps for wellbeing
Anxieties
ANXIETY
Australian Centre for Clinical Interventions
Mindfulness: Headspace or Insight timer apps
No panic Helpline 10 am -10pm 0844 967 4848 (also have a youth helpline) based in Telford
HEALTH ANXIETY
Centre for Clinical Interventions (includes a CBT-based workbook)
COVID-19
OCD
PANIC DISORDER
Mood Juice – Panic self-help guide
Australian Centre for Clinical Interventions – Panic
PTSD
Mood Juice – PTSD & CPTSD self-help guide
Royal College of Psychiatrists
National Centre for Mental Health
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
Anxiety, Panic and Phobias: Royal College of Psychiatrists Leaflet
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
Centre for Clinical Interventions – Self-help leaflet
AGORAPHOBIA
Anxiety UK – Overcoming Agoraphobia Leaflet
Depression
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Grief & Bereavement
The Royal College of Psychiatrists – Bereavement Leaflet
https://shropshire.gov.uk/bereavement-services/
Suicide Bereavement Support Service
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Support – (many resources included)
Beat – National Support Network
Insomnia
Mood Juice – self-help for insomnia
Mind: How to cope with sleep problems
Centre for Clinical Intervention – Sleep
Sleep Disorders (Children)
Crysis: Parental Support for Crying & Sleepless Babies
Paediatric Sleep Council: Baby Sleep
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Kooth – Online Counselling (for ages 11-25)
Young Minds – Resources for Parents & Children
Royal College of Psychiatrists – Information for Young People & Carers
Mental Health in Older People
Mental Health Foundation: Mental Health in Later Life
The Silver Line 24-hour help for older people: Tel: 0800 470 80 90
MindEd for Families: Self-Help Resourse for Older People
Counselling
The British Association of Counsellors
Petals Charity – Stillborn & Infant Loss
British Infertility Counselling Association
Relate – Relationship Support for Everyone
Suicide
LEAFLETS
Royal College of Psychiatrists – Feeling Overwhelmed Leaflet
Royal College of Psychiatrists – feeling on the edge
Patient UK: Dealing with suicidal thoughts
Get Self-Help: dealing with suicidal thoughts
Shropshire & Telford Suicide Prevention Network
ORGANISATIONS
Samaritans: 24h confidential helpline. Tel: 116 123. Email: jo@samaritans.org. Website: Samaritans
Papyrus UK: helpline for young people. Tel: 0800 068 41 41. Website: Papyrus
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is an organisation dedicated to preventing male suicide. Tel: 0800 58 58 58. Website: CALM
VIDEOS
Samaritans – U Can Cope (how three people coped with depression and suicidal thoughts): https://www.youtube.com/wat
Headtalks: Josh Quigley talks about his experience of surviving a suicide attempt: https://www.headtalks.com/surviving-suicide-tartan-way/
APPS
StayAlive (suicide prevention app)
distrACT: information and advice on how to manage difficult feelings, cope with a crisis and find help and support when you need it most
Self-Harm
Coping with self-harm: a guide for parents and carers: University of Oxford
National Self-Harm Network (NSHN)
Childline: Tel: 0800 1111
Samaritans -Tel: 116 123
Health Talk – Parents’ Experiences
Illicit Drugs
Alcohol Support
Shropshire Recovery Partnership
We Are With You: Over 50s Helpline – Tel: 0808 801 0750
CBT
Living Life to the Full: Free Online CBT Course
ADHD
Royal College of Psychiatrists: ADHD Leaflet for Parents
ADDISS: ADHD Support & Information for Parents
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
The Art of Autism Comic Strip: Understanding Autism