Winter Wellness
If you are struggling with your mental wellbeing, you should seek help as soon as you can. There are a number of specialist services that provide treatment, including counselling and other talking therapy services. This booklet and poster signposts to sources help of support. For printed copies of the leaflets and poster email [email protected]
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Introduction
One man in every 12 across the UK experiences mental ill health, and suicide remains the biggest cause of death for men under 35.
If you are struggling with your mental wellbeing, you should seek help as soon as you can. There are a number of specialist services that provide treatment, including counselling and other talking therapy services.
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If you need help immediately
If you or another person have been harmed or are at immediate risk and require an emergency response, call 999.
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NHS Initial Response Teams
If you need urgent help from one of our NHS initial response teams, support is available 24 hours.
If you live in:
- Cumbria call 0800 652 2865
Deaf people can text 07795 656 226 - Newcastle or Gateshead call 0800 652 2863
Deaf people can text 07919 228 548 - North Tyneside or Northumberland call 0800 652 2861
Deaf people can text 07887 625 277 - South Tyneside or Sunderland call 0800 652 2867
Deaf people can text 07889 036 280
- Cumbria call 0800 652 2865
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Psychological Wellbeing Services
These NHS talking therapies services support adults finding it difficult to cope, who are feeling low, anxious, stressed, worried, or are not sleeping. They are open Monday to Friday during office hours and the following numbers are direct lines into their service.
If you live in:
- Cumbria call NHS North Cumbria Talking Therapies on 0300 123 9122
- Gateshead call Gateshead Talking Therapies on 0191 283 2541
- Newcastle call Vita Health Group on 0330 0534 230
- North Tyneside call North Tyneside Talking Therapies on 0191 295 2775
- Northumberland call NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies on 0300 3030 700
- South Tyneside call South Tyneside Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service on 0191 283 2937
- Sunderland call NHS Sunderland Talking Therapies on 0191 566 5454
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Op Courage: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
Call Op Courage: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service on 0300 373 33 32.
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Additional support available from non-NHS providers
- Samaritans – for everyone.
Call 116 123, or email [email protected] for 24 hour support - Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – for men.
Call 0800 58 58 58, from 5pm to midnight every day - Papyrus – for people under 35.
Call 0800 068 41 41, Mon to Fri 9am to 10pm, weekends and bank holidays 2pm to 10pm. Text 07860 039 967 or email [email protected] - Free training provided by the Zero Suicide Alliance
Step Up training (5 -10 mins) and ‘Suicide – let’s Talk’ (20 mins) www.zerosuicidealliance.com/training/
- Samaritans – for everyone.