Mental Health

If you feel you need immediate or urgent help with your mental health, you can now contact the Herefordshire and Worcestershire 24 hour urgent mental health helpline by calling NHS 111 and selecting the mental health option. 

NHS Every Mind Matters  

NHS Every Mind Matters offer general advice and wellbeing tips, as well as advice about dealing with life’s challenges.
The website provides more information about mental health issues, such as: 

  • Worries & anxiety 

  • Sleep problems & insomnia 

  • Stress 

  • Low mood & depression 

Watch this video titled ‘Reframing unhelpful thoughts’ 

If you are interested in finding out more about mindfulness click here

NHS Better Health

The NHS Better Health website also offers some great general advice to help make lifestyle changes which can help improve your mental health. 

NHS Guidelines

The NHS website provides information about different mental health conditions, symptoms and support services. 

Local Services – Talking Therapies 

Talking Therapies provide a range of free and confidential support to people aged 16 and over across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.  Support includes:

  • Groups and courses 

  • 1:1 therapy 

  • Employment support 

Silvercloud offer specific Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based learning modules to help you manage stress, anxiety and low mood. CBT is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave. 

The website also offers some interesting articles, podcasts and self help guides.

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust  

The local NHS Trust has created some interesting self help guides which are available in both written and audio formats. Topics include: 

  • Anxiety 

  • Bereavement 

  • Depression & low mood 

  • Postnatal depression 

  • Social anxiety 

  • Sleeping problems 

  • Stress

Worcestershire County Council - Mental Health Advice and Support 

The council website offers information about: where to get help in a crisis, mental health support services, suicide prevention, self-help resources for you or someone you care for, and guidance for drug and alcohol disorders. 

Social Prescribing 

Your local GP Practice offers a Social Prescribing service. A Social Prescriber could work with you to provide information and signposting to organisations and agencies who may be able to help.

GP Practice 

If you've noticed changes in the way you are thinking or feeling over the past few weeks or months that concern you, and cause you distress, you should consider going to see your GP.  Your GP may ask you to see a Mental Health Practitioner based in the surgery and can offer further support and help you access other local mental health services if needed. 

Citizens Advice Worcester and Herefordshire  

Sometimes life stresses can be reduced or helped by getting support. Citizens Advice is an independent service providing a free, confidential and impartial advice and support to everybody regardless of race, age, sex, disability, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, religion and belief.

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