Ultimate List of Mental Health Support
Need urgent mental health help?
If you feel unable to keep yourself or someone else safe, call 999 or go to A&E.
If you need urgent mental health support, but it is not a life-threatening emergency, call 111 and press option 2.
If you need someone to talk to right now, call Samaritans free on 116 123.
If you are unable to make a phone call, text SHOUT to 85258.
Mental health support is available if you are struggling, worried about someone else, or looking for information about a condition or support service.
This page includes mental health information, crisis support, self-help resources and specialist support services.
Mental health support in a crisis
- If you need emergency help, call 999.
- For someone to talk to right now, call the Samaritans on 116 123.
- You can text SHOUT to 85258 if you are unable to make a phone call.
- Call your local crisis team, if you have a number for them.
- Help for suicidal thoughts | NHS
General mental health information
- Mental health information | World Health Organization
- Different types of mental health problems | Mind Charity
- A-Z of mental health | Mind Charity
- Guide to different mental health conditions | Rethink Mental Illness
- Improving mental wellbeing | NHS
- Different types of talking therapies | NHS
- Chronic illness and mental health | NIMH
- What is Mental Health? | US government website
- Public Mental Health | UK government website
- Understanding mental health medications | NIMH
- Suicide prevention | Papyrus
- Understanding mental health discrimination | See Me Scotland
- Top 10 Mental Health Apps | Psychiatry Advisor
Living with stress, depression and anxiety
- Mood self-assessment test for depression and anxiety | NHS
- Information on depression | NIMH
- Guide to anxiety disorders | NIMH
- 5 things you should know about stress PDF | NIMH
- Penfriend scheme for peer support | Depression UK
- What is depression? | Depression UK
- Free online Clinical depression recovery program | Clinical-Depression
- Monitoring your own mood | Overcome Depression
- Understanding panic, fear, and anxiety | NHS
- Black Dog awareness campaigns | SANE
- A-Z of antidepressants | Mind Charity
- Coping strategies and advice for managing anxiety | Sleep Station
- What is Agoraphobia and what are the symptoms? | Pigletish
- Read this if you’re having a panic attack | Pigletish
- What is a panic attack? | Mind Charity
Living with OCD
- Living with OCD | Mind Charity
- Types of OCD | OCDUK
- An overview of OCD treatment | OCDUK
- Tips for OCD self care | WebMD
- Personal story of living with OCD | ADAA
- How I learned to live with OCD | Young Minds
- Tips for living with OCD | VeryWellMind
- Obsessions and compulsions checklist and workbook | Mood Juice
- Managing your OCD PDF | Anxiety Canada
- Self Help for OCD | Mind Charity
- OCD and Self-Help resources | OCDUK
Living with BPD
- Information on Borderline Personality Disorder | Mind Charity
- Art groups, awareness, and events for those living with BPD | Borderline Arts
- Kayla’s story: living with BPD | Mental Health Org
- Resource for people who are struggling with self-harm and their loved ones | Harmless
- 7 things people with Borderline Personality Disorder want you to know | Healthline
- A brief look at my life with BPD | NAMI
- Coping Skills for people living with BPD | Very Well Mind
- What is splitting | Healthline
- BPD diagnosis | NHS
Living with PTSD
- Coping with flashbacks including grounding techniques | NAPAC
- About Trauma | Mind Charity
- The effects of trauma | Mind Charity
- What is PTSD? | Mind Charity
- Information about Complex PTSD | Mind Charity
- What are the signs and symptoms of PTSD? | Rethink
- PTSD treatments | WebMD
- Information on PTSD | NHS
- Self-care for PTSD | Mind Charity
- Coping with PTSD | Very Well Mind
- Helping someone with PTSD | Help Guide
- Articles about PTSD | Pigletish
- PTSD information | Time to Change
Living with an eating disorder
- Types of eating disorders | Mind Charity
- Eating disorder information and resources | Beat
- Support services and helpline | Beat
- Downloads and resources | Beat
- Do I have an Eating Disorder? | Beat
- Warning signs and symptoms of Eating Disorders | NEDA
- Information on Eating Disorders | NHS
- How to support someone with an eating disorder | Cara’s Corner
- #DumptheScales | Hope Virgo
- Reflecting on Binge Eating Disorder | SANE Australia
- Best Eating Disorder blogs | Healthline
- Eating Disorder advice for parents | NHS
- Rise Up App | Recovery Warriors
Living with bipolar disorder
- Bipolar Scotland | Bipolar Scotland
- What is Bipolar Disorder? | Mind Charity
- Bipolar Disorder symptoms | NHS
- Understanding what Bipolar feels like | Healthline
- Coping with Mania | Healthline
- Hypomania and Mania symptoms | WebMD
- How can I help myself cope? | Mind Charity
- Bipolar medication guide | Help Guide
- Living with Bipolar Disorder | Self.com
- Mood Tracker Apps | Medical News Today
- 5 useful apps that can assist in the treatment for Bipolar Disorder | Interesting Engineering
Living with ADHD/ADD
- Living with ADHD | NHS
- Strategies for living well with ADHD | Very Well Mind
- What the ups and downs of ADHD can look like in a day | Healthline
- ADHD symptoms checklist | Additude mag
- ADHD test for children | Additude mag
- Information and resources about ADHD | Living with ADHD
- How ADHD can affect the many areas of your life | WebMD
- ADHD and mental health | Mind Charity
- Resources for teens, children and parents | ADHD Foundation
- The UK Adult ADHD network website | UKAAN
- Support groups for those with ADHD | UKAAN
Dissociative disorders
- Dissociative disorders | NHS
- Symptoms and causes of dissociative disorders | Mayo Clinic
- What are dissociative disorders? | Psychiatry.org
- Dissociative disorders information | Cleveland Clinic
- Help with dissociative disorders | Psychiatry.org
- Dissociation and dissociative disorders | Mind Charity
- My life with dissociative identity disorder | Sane.org
- Living with dissociative identity disorder | Recovery Village
- Coping strategies for living with DID | Sane Australia
- Self Help Articles | didselfhelp.com
- Dissociative Identity Disorder self-care | Healthy Place
Living with psychosis
- What is psychosis? | Mind Charity
- Psychosis symptoms and risk factors | Healthline
- What is psychosis? | My Stumbling Mind
- Tactile Hallucinations | My Stumbling Mind
- Ideas to help someone with psychosis | My Stumbling Mind
- What not to say to someone with psychosis | My Stumbling Mind
- Self Care for psychosis | Mind Charity
- What are the signs and symptoms of psychosis | Rethink Mental Illness
- Psychosis Treatment | NHS
- Treatments for chronic psychosis | US National Library of Medicine
Coping with self-harm
- About self-harm | Mind Charity
- Self-harm | Young Minds
- Coping with self-harm | Childline
- Alternatives to self-harm | First Person Plural
- Self-harm coping techniques and distractions | The Mix
- What is self-harm? | Help Guide
- Self-harm coping strategies | Rethink Mental Illness
- My story of self-harm recovery | Young Minds
- The truth about self-harm | Mental Health Foundation
Mental health and autism
- Autism and mental health information | Young Minds
- Mental health of people with autism | Mind Charity
- Mental health resources for autism | National Autistic Society
- Autism Spectrum Disorder | Mental Health Foundation
- Understanding Neurodiversity | Understood.org
Sleep disorders
- How to get to sleep | NHS
- Information on sleep disorders as an epidemic | Sleep Station
- How nicotine affects your sleep | Sleep Station
- How negative thinking impacts your sleep | Sleep Station
- Insomnia symptoms, causes, and treatments | Healthline
- Information on narcolepsy types, symptoms, and treatments | Healthline
- Narcolepsy overview | Mayo Clinic
- 10 tips to beat insomnia | NHS
- Help with meditation and sleep | Calm App
- What you should know about sleep paralysis | Sleep Foundation
Support for disabled people
- Health information and guidance for deaf people | Sign Health
- Health and social care services for those living with a learning disability in England | Turning Point
- Disabled Stories | The Unwritten magazine
- Disability information | Mind Charity
- Looking after your mental health while living with a disability | Beyond Blue
- Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities | National Elf Service
- How we can help | Disability Rights UK
- Equality for disabled people | Scope
- Discrimination and mental health | Rethink Mental Illness
LGBTQ+ specific support
- Mental Health Charity for LGBTQ Community | Mind Out
- Talking therapies for LGBT Community | LGBT Foundation
- LGBTIQ+ Information | Mind Charity
- Support and forum for LGBTQ Muslims | Imaan
- Therapy organisation working with gender and sexual diversity clients | Pink Therapy
- Improving LGBT young people’s mental health and wellbeing | Stonewall
- Coming out and my mental health | Stonewall
- LGBT+ Helpline | Switchboard
- Emotional support, signposting and helpline for anyone who identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or gender fluid | Mindline Trans+
- Members directory of local LGBTQ+ services | Consortium
- LGBT+ mental health | Rethink Mental Illness
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic specific resources
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic mental health | Rethink Mental Illness
- BAME communities mental health | Mental Health Foundation
- The Black, African and Asian therapy network | BAATN
- Black thoughts matter | Black Minds Matter
- Young Black men | Mind Charity
- Rethink Sahayak Asian mental health helpline | Rethink Mental Illness
- Black mental health matters | Black Thrive
- Our work on race, ethnicity and mental health | Mind Charity
- Perceived barriers to accessing mental health services | BMJ Journals
- Working with Punjabi communities to reshape approaches to mental health | Taraki
- South Asian Therapists | South Asian Therapists.org
- Let’s talk about mental health in the BAME communities | the Food Medic
- Mental health and race toolkit | City Mental Health Alliance UK
Coping with bereavement
- Grief after bereavement or loss | NHS
- Coping with grief and loss | Help Guide
- Coping with bereavement | Age UK
- Support with grief | Macmillan
- Coping with bereavement | Family Lives
- How suicide bereavement is different | UKSOBS
- Coping when someone dies by suicide | Cruse Bereavement
- Traumatic bereavement | Cruse Bereavement
- How to support someone who is grieving | Cruse Bereavement
- Losing a parent | Cruse Bereavement
- Coping with the death of a partner | Cruse Bereavement
Help for abuse victims
- Help for victims of abuse and other crimes | Victim Support Website
- Support for recovery from childhood abuse | NAPAC
- Crime information on domestic abuse | CPS
- Dynamics of abuse | NCADV
- Supporting a loved one through domestic abuse | Pigletish
- Ending domestic abuse | Safe Lives
- How to get back to yourself after emotional abuse | Betrayal Trauma Recovery
- What are the short-term and long-term effects of abuse? | Healthline
- Tips for narcissistic abuse recovery | Healthline
- After abuse has ended | Mental Help
- Stages of recovery after trauma | Domestic Shelters
Help for sexual assault survivors
- Information for survivors of rape and sexual assault | Victim Support
- Help after rape and sexual assault | NHS
- Find support in your area | the Survivor’s Trust
- Sexual assault and post-traumatic stress disorder | NCBI
- Recovery from rape and sexual trauma | Help Guide
- A guide for friends and family of sexual violence survivors | PCAR
- Going for your smear test after sexual abuse | Pigletish
- Cervical screening after sexual violence | Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust
Help with addiction
- Help for addiction | Breathing Space London
- Understanding drug abuse and addiction | Helpguide
- Expert advice on overcoming addiction | Beating Addictions
- Online advice and support for people struggling with alcohol dependency and addiction | We Are With You
- Help for the families and loved ones of those living with addiction and dependency issues during COVID-19 | ADFAM
- Resources and information for those living with alcohol addiction | Alcoholics Anonymous
- Honest information about drugs | Talk to Frank
- Helpline and resources for those living with a gambling addiction | Gamblers Anonymous
- Self-help resources for gambling addiction | GamCare
- Help for those affected by a parent’s drinking | NACOA
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous | SLAAUK
- Help to quit smoking | NHS
- Getting help for drug addiction | NHS
- Understanding drug use and addiction | NIMH
- Myths and facts about drug abuse and addiction | Help Guide
Anger management
- How to cope with anger | Mind Charity
- Control anger before it controls you | American Psychological Association
- Get help with anger | NHS
- Anger Management | Help Guide
- Ways to release anger | Healthline
- 7 creative ways to express hot anger | Psychology Today
Support for parents
- Depression in pregnancy | Overcome Depression website
- Supporting a child who is self-harming | Young Minds
- Coping with self-harm: a guide for parents and carers | Social workers toolkit
- Self-harm: parents’ experiences | Health Talk
- Worried about your teenager? | NHS
- Talking to children about feelings | NHS
- Talking to children about death | Marie Curie
- A-Z Parents guide to support | Young Minds
- Parenting with a mental health problem | Mind Charity
- Information and support for someone caring for someone else | Carers.org
- Practical support for single-parent families | Gingerbread
- Postnatal depression overview | NHS
Self care guides
- Mental wellbeing audio guides | NHS
- Raising low self-esteem | NHS
- How to improve your self-esteem | Overcome Depression
- Peer support | Togetherall website
- Articles on self-care | Pigletish
- About arts and creative therapies | Mind Charity
- Workplace: how to be mentally well at work | Mind Charity
Other helpful services
- Equality Advisory and Support Services | EASS
- Interpretation Services | Language Line
- Benefits calculator | Entitled To
- Get help and advice | Citizens Advice Bureau
- Help for victims of crime | Victim Support
- Employee Rights | ACAS