Rethink provide expert, accredited advice and information to everyone affected by mental health problems.

Email: info@rethink.org

Telephone: 0300 5000 927

Website: www.rethink.org

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Email: jo@samaritans.org

Telephone: 116 123

Website: www.samaritans.org

The Primary Care Mental Health Service is a service that covers all surgeries in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The service provides specialist mental health support for GP surgeries so that patients with mental ill health can access prompt advice and support, receive help in a community setting and experience a more joined-up approach to care.

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One in four people across the country will experience a mental health problem in any given year. Mental health problems and illnesses include anxiety, depression, addiction, personality disorders and psychosis.

Experiencing a mental health problem can be upsetting and very frightening. It is important to know you are not alone and that there are a wide range of services and support available to you. These include online support and information services, helplines, talking therapies, counselling and crisis mental health support, as well as specialist mental health help.

There are a number of services that you can access or self-refer to (self-refer means you do not need to have been referred by your GP or medical professional to use the service).

Below, you will find information on local support and services. You can also find further information at https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/.

Support available:

• Keep Your Head https://www.keep-your-head.com/ website provides information on mental health and wellbeing support and local services available for young people and adults across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

• How Are You (H.A.Y.) https://haycambspboro.co.uk/ is an interactive local website that brings together information on activities and support available in your local community to help boost mental health and wellbeing.

• Lifeline – www.lifecraft.org.uk - Free, confidential helpline that you can call anonymously to talk to a trained volunteer. Lifeline is available daily 11am-11pm and can be reached by calling 0808 808 2121.

• Mind - CPSLMind, - www.cpslmind.org.uk A mental health charity providing a range of services and support for people suffering with mental health problems and promoting positive mental health across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

• Qwell and Kooth - Free online wellbeing services offering chat-based counselling, peer support and self-help. https://www.qwell.io/ – for ages 18+  – for ages 11-25 www.kooth.com 

• Crisis support – NHS 111 – and select the mental health option - If you feel you are in a mental health crisis, urgent support is available in our area 24/7 through 111. Simply dial NHS 111 – and select the mental health option. You will be put through to a trained advisor who will speak to you and discuss your current mental health needs.

• Psychological Wellbeing Service - Psychological therapy for mild to moderate depression or anxiety for anyone aged 17+. You do not need a diagnosis to access the service and can self-refer by visiting https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/psychological-wellbeing-service 

Mental health text line - HEAR 85258

A new mental health free text messaging support service has launched in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to help those who are struggling to cope.

Launched by NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and in partnership with the national service SHOUT, the free to use text service HEAR 85258 provides real-time support to people of all ages who are struggling with their mental health.

When texting the word HEAR to 85258, the person will be connected to a mental health clinician who will take them from a place of crisis to a place of calm. During the confidential and anonymous conversation, the texter will be supported and signposted to local and national mental health services.

Texting HEAR to 85258 is free, discreet and it runs 24/7. It won’t appear on any bills and requires no app, password or registration. It is available for anybody who lives, works, or studies in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

For more information about what mental health services are available in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, visit www.keep-your-head.com.

If you feel your or somebody’s life is at risk due to their mental health, dial 111 and listen for the option for the mental health crisis team.