Mental health

Useful websites:

• Mental health support for children, young people and families

  Information about mental health on Durham County Council website.

  Mental health support for children, young people and families

• Single point of access for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)

  CAMHS across County Durham and Darlington has a single point of access for referrals and self-referrals. To contact the team email camhscountydurhamdarlington@nhs.net or call 0300 123 296

  Single point of access for CAMHS

• NHS: Help for teenagers, young adults and students

  Advice and support for students and young people with mental health problems.

  NHS: Help for teenagers, young adults and students

• YoungMinds

  The YoungMinds website is full of advice and information to give young people the tools to look after their mental health.

  YoungMinds

• ManHealth

  ManHealth support men through difficulties in their mental and physical ill health, ultimately to prevent suicide.

  ManHealth

• Just for Women (Stanley)

  Just for Women aim to ensure that every woman, child and their family, in our community, has the support, tools and opportunities they need to live safely, gain financial stability and lead enriched lives.

  Just for Women

• Talking Changes

  Talking Changes: Talking Therapies is a self help, counselling and talking therapies service designed to help anyone who lives in the County Durham and Darlington area to deal with common mental health problems such as stress, anxiety or depression, as well as panic phobias obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post traumatic stress disorder.

  Talking Changes

• Kooth

  Kooth: free, safe and anonymous support online.

  Kooth

• Mind

  Through our information and support we make sure people living with mental health problems get the support they need.

  Mind

• Calm

  We’re the suicide prevention charity on a mission to help people end their misery, not their lives.

  Calm

• Shout 85258

  Shout is the UK’s first and only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope.

  Shout 85258

• Samaritans

  Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through its telephone helpline.

  Samaritans

• Papyrus

  Papyrus UK is a charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35) in the UK. Call the Papyrus Hopeline247 on 0800 068 4141.

  Papyrus