Is it an emergency?
If someone's life is at risk because they have seriously injured themselves or taken an overdose, call 999.
If you do not feel you can keep yourself, or someone else safe from immediate risk of harm, call 999.
Need urgent help?
If you need urgent support, feel unable to cope, are worried about your own mental health or someone you care for, help is available.
NHS urgent mental health helpline
Call your local NHS urgent mental health helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
- North Staffordshire urgent mental health helpline: call 0800 0 328 728option 1 (covers Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs Moorlands)
- South Staffordshire urgent mental health helpline: call 0808 196 3002 (covers Stafford, Stone, Rugeley, Cannock, South Staffs, Lichfield, Burton, Uttoxeter, Tamworth)
Samaritans
- Call the Samaritans - a confidential crisis support helpline, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 116 123
Other support
Staffordshire mental health helpline
- Call the Brighter Futures Staffordshire Mental Health Helpline 24 hours a day for confidential emotional support and a safe place to talk if you’re worried, stressed or low, or if you're concerned about someone else.
NHS 111
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) - support for young people experiencing emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties:
- North Staffordshire (covers Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands)
- call: 0300 123 0907 and choose option 4, 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
- South Staffordshire (covers Stafford, Stone, Rugeley, Cannock, South Staffordshire, Lichfield, Burton, Uttoxeter, Tamworth)
Local support groups
Mind North Staffordshire
Counselling, parent support and advice
Mind Burton
Counselling, parent support and advice
Changes
Online recovery, wellbeing and peer support
Men Unite
A group for men. Find them on Facebook.
Andy's Man Club Stafford
A support group for men. Find them on Facebook.
Womens Wellbeing Club
Peer support group meetings for women. Find them on Facebook.
Need to talk?
These services are free and offer confidential advice from trained volunteers. You can talk about anything that's troubling you, no matter how difficult:
Samaritans
Shout crisis
Childline
Help with specific issues
Anxiety UK
Providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.
Bipolar UK
A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
Calm (Campaign against living miserably)
Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35
Men's Health Forum
24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email
Mental Health Foundation
Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities
No Panic
Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.
- No Panic website
- phone: 0844 967 4848 (daily, 10.00am to 10.00pm). Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider's access charge
OCD Action
Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.
- OCD Action website
- phone: 0845 390 6232 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.00pm). Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider's access charge
OCD UK
A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments.
Papyrus
For young people under 35 at risk of suicide
Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 10.00pm, and 2.00pm to 10.00pm on weekends and bank holidays
Rethink Mental Illness
Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
Sane
Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
Survivors of bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)
Young Minds
Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
A downloadable version of the information is available below.
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