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If you need urgent help then please contact The Samaritans. They provide confidential 24 hour emotional support to people in distress, or to those that are feeling suicidal. All contacts are confidential.
Other organisations that could be helpful:
SANE / SANELINE - Provides emotional support and information to people with mental health problems, carers, families, friends and mental health professionals.
PAPYRUS - Provides advice and information for parents, carers, teachers, professionals and friends of young people at risk of suicide.
RETHINK - A national mental health membership charity, that works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. Rethink provides hope and empowerment through effective services and support to all those that need it and campaign for change through greater awareness and understanding, They also have a useful A-Z factsheet and operate a general enquiries line.
ANXIETY ALLIANCE - They advise and support people and their friends and family who suffer from general anxiety, phobias, panic attacks or obsessive compulsive disorder, or wish to withdraw from tranquillisers and anti-depressants.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide - A self-help organisation offering emotional and practical support to people bereaved by the suicide. They operate a national confidential telephone helpline, help by e-mail, group meetings (in a number of locations) and information relating to practical issues and problems.
CALM - Campaign against Living Miserably - Provides support and information to those affected by depression and stress.
Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous - A national self help organisation for anyone suffering from depression or those worried about them. Their information line is open any time, 356 days a year: answered personally for four hours at least each day, callers at other times are invited to leave a message, and they respond to these as soon as possible.
Bristol Crisis Service for Women - A national voluntary organisation that supports women in emotional distress, particularly women who self-harm. They run a confidential national helpline, produce information and publications about self-injury, offer talks and training courses to professionals, and support self-injury self-help groups.
NAPAC (The National Association for People Abused in Childhood) - free phone national information and support line. Whilst it does not offer counselling or on-going support the service is staffed by a well trained support team who have a lot of experience in supporting adult survivors of all forms of childhood abuse. NAPAC also responds to letters and emails, and sends out resource packs, booklists and details of any local contacts. The service is confidential and free to all users.
Counselling Directory - This website is a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling, fees and contact details. The service is free and confidential.
MIND - They provide nationwide support services for sufferers of mental health problems as well as comprehensive information on their website on different types of mental health problems. They have a got a factsheet on suicide as well as a guide on how to help someone who is suicidal which has a comprehensive list of useful organisations.
NATIONAL SELF-HARM NETWORK - An online support group for people who are self-harming
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION - They provide an A-Z listing of mental health problems which offers information on problems, issues, treatment options, including the latest news, upcoming events and relevant organisations.
BEFRIENDERS - They have an international suicide helpline directory for people who are feeling suicidal or who need emotional support, and also information on depression, suicide and self harm.
DEPRESSION ALLIANCE - They provide information and support to people affected by depression via their nationwide self-help groups, and other supporter services. They have information on depression, and treatments as well as an extensive list of useful links for further support.
NHS - Provides a comprehensive health encyclopaedia, best treatment, as well as general information on services provided by the NHS, and other organisations.
STAMP OUT SUICIDE - Provides information on suicide and support to those people that are in a suicidal crisis. The site provides points of contact for those people that are feeling down, depressed and / or suicidal and for those bereaved by suicide that live in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
Links to sites for further information, reports and publications on Suicide
Oxford Centre for Suicide Research - Provide links to organisations for people seeking further information / research about suicidal behaviour. Support for people bereaved by suicide. Organisations offering support and a list of key publications on suicide.
Royal College of Psychiatrists - Provides an extensive range of factsheets and information regarding depression, phobias, and other problems like manic depression.
Disclaimer: Individuals should seek appropriate professional advice before taking or refraining from taking any action in reliance on any information contained in this website. So far as permissible by law, The Chat Clinic does not accept any liability to any person relating to the use of any such information.
Third Party Websites: The website contains links to websites operated by parties other than The Chat Clinic. Such links are for the User's convenience only. The Chat Clinic does not control such websites, and is not responsible for their content. The Chat Clinic’s inclusion of links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. Individuals are solely responsible for evaluating the accuracy and completeness of any information contained on third party websites, also the value and integrity of any goods and services offered by such websites.
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To help us create the best service possible please complete this 60 second survey: Click here to complete The Chat Clinic survey
If you need urgent help then please contact The Samaritans. They provide confidential 24 hour emotional support to people in distress, or to those that are feeling suicidal. All contacts are confidential.
- Helpline: 08457 90 90 90
- Email [email protected]
- Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Other organisations that could be helpful:
SANE / SANELINE - Provides emotional support and information to people with mental health problems, carers, families, friends and mental health professionals.
- Helpline: Saneline operates between 1pm to 11pm every day 0845 767 8000
- Website: www.sane.org.uk
PAPYRUS - Provides advice and information for parents, carers, teachers, professionals and friends of young people at risk of suicide.
- Helpline: 0870 170 4000 or 01978 367333 open between the hours of 7pm - 10pm Mon - Fri and 2pm - 5pm at the weekends.
- Website: www.papyrus.org.uk
RETHINK - A national mental health membership charity, that works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. Rethink provides hope and empowerment through effective services and support to all those that need it and campaign for change through greater awareness and understanding, They also have a useful A-Z factsheet and operate a general enquiries line.
- Helpline: 0845 456 0455
- Website: www.rethink.org
ANXIETY ALLIANCE - They advise and support people and their friends and family who suffer from general anxiety, phobias, panic attacks or obsessive compulsive disorder, or wish to withdraw from tranquillisers and anti-depressants.
- Helpline: 01926 - 851608 is open Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm
- Website: www.anxietyalliance.org.uk
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide - A self-help organisation offering emotional and practical support to people bereaved by the suicide. They operate a national confidential telephone helpline, help by e-mail, group meetings (in a number of locations) and information relating to practical issues and problems.
- Helpline: 0844 5616855 - 9am to 9pm every day
- Website: www.uk-sobs.org.uk
CALM - Campaign against Living Miserably - Provides support and information to those affected by depression and stress.
- Website: www.thecalmzone.net
Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous - A national self help organisation for anyone suffering from depression or those worried about them. Their information line is open any time, 356 days a year: answered personally for four hours at least each day, callers at other times are invited to leave a message, and they respond to these as soon as possible.
- Info Line: 0870 774 4320 (Open 365 days a year)
- Website: www.depressionanon.co.uk
Bristol Crisis Service for Women - A national voluntary organisation that supports women in emotional distress, particularly women who self-harm. They run a confidential national helpline, produce information and publications about self-injury, offer talks and training courses to professionals, and support self-injury self-help groups.
- Helpline: 0117 925 1119 Friday & Saturday 9pm - 12.30am & Sundays 6pm - 9pm.
- Website: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/bcsw
NAPAC (The National Association for People Abused in Childhood) - free phone national information and support line. Whilst it does not offer counselling or on-going support the service is staffed by a well trained support team who have a lot of experience in supporting adult survivors of all forms of childhood abuse. NAPAC also responds to letters and emails, and sends out resource packs, booklists and details of any local contacts. The service is confidential and free to all users.
- Helpline: 0800 085 3330
- Website: www.napac.org.uk
Counselling Directory - This website is a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling, fees and contact details. The service is free and confidential.
- Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk
MIND - They provide nationwide support services for sufferers of mental health problems as well as comprehensive information on their website on different types of mental health problems. They have a got a factsheet on suicide as well as a guide on how to help someone who is suicidal which has a comprehensive list of useful organisations.
- Info Line: 0845 766 0163
- Website: www.mind.org.uk
NATIONAL SELF-HARM NETWORK - An online support group for people who are self-harming
- Website: www.nshn.co.uk
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION - They provide an A-Z listing of mental health problems which offers information on problems, issues, treatment options, including the latest news, upcoming events and relevant organisations.
- Website: www.mhf.org.uk
BEFRIENDERS - They have an international suicide helpline directory for people who are feeling suicidal or who need emotional support, and also information on depression, suicide and self harm.
- Website: www.befrienders.org
DEPRESSION ALLIANCE - They provide information and support to people affected by depression via their nationwide self-help groups, and other supporter services. They have information on depression, and treatments as well as an extensive list of useful links for further support.
- Website: www.depressionalliance.org
NHS - Provides a comprehensive health encyclopaedia, best treatment, as well as general information on services provided by the NHS, and other organisations.
- Website: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
STAMP OUT SUICIDE - Provides information on suicide and support to those people that are in a suicidal crisis. The site provides points of contact for those people that are feeling down, depressed and / or suicidal and for those bereaved by suicide that live in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
- Website: www.stampoutsuicide.org.uk
Links to sites for further information, reports and publications on Suicide
Oxford Centre for Suicide Research - Provide links to organisations for people seeking further information / research about suicidal behaviour. Support for people bereaved by suicide. Organisations offering support and a list of key publications on suicide.
- Website: www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk
Royal College of Psychiatrists - Provides an extensive range of factsheets and information regarding depression, phobias, and other problems like manic depression.
- Website: www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Disclaimer: Individuals should seek appropriate professional advice before taking or refraining from taking any action in reliance on any information contained in this website. So far as permissible by law, The Chat Clinic does not accept any liability to any person relating to the use of any such information.
Third Party Websites: The website contains links to websites operated by parties other than The Chat Clinic. Such links are for the User's convenience only. The Chat Clinic does not control such websites, and is not responsible for their content. The Chat Clinic’s inclusion of links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. Individuals are solely responsible for evaluating the accuracy and completeness of any information contained on third party websites, also the value and integrity of any goods and services offered by such websites.
